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. 2022 Apr 5;224(1):366–370. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.03.022

Table 2.

Student interest in surgical specialties.

Post-EMLR
Survey
Post-In person
Surgical Clerkship Survey
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.