Table 3.
Association between variables and percentage of correct answers among medical students and physicians (n = 161)
| Variables | Medical students (n = 118) | Physicians (n = 43) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of correct answers | P-value | % of correct answers | P-value | |||
| < 50% of correct answers n(%) | ≥ 50% of correct answers n(%) | < 50% of correct answers n(%) | ≥ 50% of correct answers n(%) | |||
| Agea | 22 (20 to 24) | 23 (21 to 24) | 0.195** | 28 (27 to 31) | 31 (27 to 41) | 0.146** |
| Sex | 0.224 | 0.639 | ||||
| Male | 24 (63.2) | 14 (36.8) | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | ||
| Female | 41 (51.2) | 39 (48.8) | 9 (45.0) | 11 (55.0) | ||
| Training period (n = 117) | 0.953 | |||||
| Basics | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) | ||||
| Clinics | 48 (54.5) | 40 (45.5) | ||||
| Undergraduate telemonitoring (n = 117) | 0.319 | |||||
| No | 54 (52.9) | 48 (47.1) | ||||
| Yes | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | ||||
| Have had formal training in telemedicine in graduate school (n = 41) | 0.768 | |||||
| No | 16 (50.0) | 16 (50.0) | ||||
| Yes | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | ||||
| Have worked in the telemedicine area (n = 43) | 0.137 | |||||
| No | 16 (57.1) | 12 (42.9) | ||||
| Yes | 5 (33.3) | 10 (51.7) | ||||
P-value of Chi-2 test
aMedian and interquartile range
**P-value of Mann–Whitney U-test