Building Research Capacity of Medical Students and Health Professionals in Rural Communities: Leveraging a Rural Clinical School's Resources to Conduct Research Skills Workshops

Figures & data

Table 1 Responses to the question ‘The workshop met the above learning objectives for me?’ on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = Strongly agree; 5 = Strongly disagree), by type of participant (* = not students).

Participant type	Strongly agree/Agree % (n)	Undecided % (n)	Strongly disagree/Disagree % (n)	Mean score
Students	61.1 (22)	22.2 (8)	16.7 (6)	3.44
Qld Health staff*	83.3 (5)	–	16.7 (1)	4.17
RCS/UQ*	80.0 (4)	20.0 (1)	–	4.20
Preceptors*	75.0 (3)	25.0 (1)	–	4.00

Table 2 Responses to the question ‘The workshop met the above learning objectives for me?’ on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = Strongly agree; 5 = Strongly disagree), by site of workshop, for all participants, students and those who were not students.

Site	Strongly agree/Agree % (n)	Undecided % (n)	Strongly disagree/Disagree % (n)	Mean score	Total evaluations per site
Toowoomba	94.1 (16)	5.90 (1)	–	4.24	17
Hervey Bay	36.8 (7)	26.3 (5)	31.6 (6)	2.83	18
Rockhampton	62.5 (5)	33.3 (3)	–	3.88	8
Cairns	100.0 (5)	–	–	4.80	5
Bundaberg	33.3 (1)	33.3 (1)	33.3 (1)	2.67	3

Table 3 The mean scores of each workshop, by location and the date the workshop was conducted.

Workshop location	Date of workshop	Mean score
Toowoomba	April 2010	4.29
Rockhampton	April 2010	3.88
Hervey Bay	April 2010	2.88
Bundaberg	April 2010	2.67
Toowoomba	August 2010	4.00
Hervey Bay	February 2011	2.80
Toowoomba	February 2011	4.50
Cairns	June 2011	4.80

Figure 1 Percentages of workshop participants who Strongly agreed/Agreed, were Undecided and who Strongly disagreed/Disagreed that the workshop met the learning objectives, in chronological order of the workshops being conducted.