Graduate students’ interest in immunology as a discipline

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographics of the participants

Variable	Frequency
Gender
Male	19 (61.3%)
Female	12 (38.7%)
Age group
20–22	4 (12.5%)
23–25	10 (31.2%)
26–28	8 (25%)
28–35	10 (31.2%)
Undergraduate education programs
Biological Sciences	15 (46.9%)
Biochemistry	7 (21.9%)
Others	10 (31.2%)
Graduating class
First class	5 (17.2%)
Second class Upper	19 (65.6%)
Second class lower	5 (17.2%)

Table 2. Distribution of students’ interest in immunology and motivation

Variable	Frequency
Students’ positive Interest in immunology	25 (78.1%)
No Interest in immunology	7 (21.9%)
Enjoy studying immunology	27 (84.4%)
Fraction that do not enjoy studying immunology	5 (15.6%)
Knowledge gained after short course	27 (84.4%)
No knowledge gained after short course	5 (15.6%)
Interest gained after short course	30 (93.7%)
No interest gained after short course	2 (6.3%)
Positive motivation towards immunology	28 (87.5%)
No motivation towards immunology	4 (12.5%)

Table 3. Significance of interest in immunology with age, gender and eagerness to study immunology

Variable	p-value
Graduating class and students’ interest	0.29
Interest in immunology and study of immunology	0.45
Interest in immunology and age	0.24
Interest in immunology and gender	0.06

Table 4. Students’ relative importance to teaching methods

Teaching methods	Relative importance	Cronbach α
Interactive	0.838	0.867
Powerpoint	0.806
Demonstration	0.787
Lecture	0.744