Table 2.
Student interest in surgical specialties.
| Post-EMLR Survey |
Post-In person Surgical Clerkship Survey |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 49 | N = 34 | ||||
| Question | Average Likert (±Std) | Average Likert (±Std) | P-Value | ||
| Q1) How do you rate your current interest in surgery? | 3.7 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.3) | 0.7 | ||
| Q2) COVID19 has influenced my decision to go into a surgical specialty. | 2.8 (0.9) | 2.1 (1.0) | 0.001* | ||
| Q3) I would like to see the EMLR implemented into all future surgical clerkships. | 3.4 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.4) | 0.005* | ||
* = statistically significant, Q1 Likert Scale: 1- strongly uninterested to 5-strongly interested, Likert scale: 1-strongly disagree to 5- strongly agree; Q2-3: Likert scale: 1-strongly disagree to 5- strongly agree.