Remote clinical training practice in the neurology internship during the COVID-19 pandemic

Figures & data

Table 1. Survey questions about satisfaction to the course and feedbacks from different groups of students with a 10-point scale (expressed as median score (interquartile range))

Items	Group 1 (N = 47)	Group 2 (N = 37)	Group 3 (N = 8)	P-Value^a
Your satisfaction to the curriculum framework and logic of the course	10(9–10)	10 (9–10)	9.5 (9–10)	0.79
Your satisfaction to the practicality of knowledge you obtained in the course	10(8–10)	10 (9–10)	9 (8–9.75)	0.20
Your satisfaction to the new knowledge and concepts you received in the course	9 (8–10)	10 (9–10)	8.5 (8–10)	0.17
Your satisfaction to the overall course	10 (9–10)	10 (9–10)	9 (9–10)	0.44
How do you recommend incorporate the online course into the conventional offline intern training program in the future after the pandemic	10 (8–10)	10 (9–10)	10 (9.2–10)	0.30

^aThe three groups were compared using Kruskal–Wallis Test.

Figure 1. Comparison of the final scores and the satisfaction to the overall course among the 3 groups of interns. (a) No significant difference was detected in their final scores. (b) No significant difference was detected in their satisfaction to the overall course. Group 1 were students in their 5th year of a 5-year clinical medicine program, Group 2 were students in their 6th or 7th year of an 8-year clinical medicine program, Group 3 were students in their 5th year of a 5-year psychiatry program

Figure 2. Comparison of the evaluation results from interns engaged in a smaller group and in a larger group. (a) Interns in a smaller group rated higher in the ‘satisfaction to the practicality of knowledge they obtained’. (b) Interns in a smaller group rated higher in the ‘satisfaction to the new knowledge and concepts received’. (c) Interns in a smaller group rated higher in the ‘satisfaction to the overall course’. (d) Interns in a smaller group rated higher in the ‘recommendation of the online course incorporate into traditional training program’. (e) Interns in a smaller group rated marginally higher in the ‘satisfaction to the curriculum framework and logic’. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001

Figure 3. Interns’ preference to the contents of the course