Table 11 Learners supporting the adoption of a blended format in the post-pandemic future of health worker education by subgroups
Explanation of outcome | Subgroup | n | N | Pooled proportion (%) | Lower confidence interval (%) | Higher confidence interval (%) | I2 (%) | P-value for subgroup difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by ISCO group | Medical doctors | 103 | 35 649 | 70.9 | 66.7 | 74.8 | 98.4 | 0.107 |
Dentists | 14 | 4 090 | 62.5 | 46.4 | 77.3 | 99.0 | ||
Pharmacists | 3 | 992 | 52.2 | 33.3 | 70.8 | 96.6 | ||
Learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by training level | Undergraduate | 84 | 37 525 | 63.9 | 60.2 | 67.6 | 98.1 | 0.176 |
Graduate | 39 | 4 517 | 72.2 | 64.6 | 79.3 | 96.4 | ||
Continuing | 3 | 147 | 64.9 | 27.6 | 94.1 | 93.8 | ||
Undergraduate learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by year of studies | 1st | 11 | 1 618 | 64.8 | 50.0 | 78.4 | 96.9 | 0.265 |
2nd | 6 | 556 | 59.6 | 38.8 | 78.9 | 95.4 | ||
3rd | 8 | 625 | 69.6 | 50.6 | 85.9 | 94.9 | ||
4th | 5 | 352 | 68.2 | 34.8 | 93.8 | 97.1 | ||
6th | 3 | 311 | 78.9 | 70.6 | 86.3 | 64.2 | ||
Learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by gender | Women | 7 | 1 231 | 67.4 | 51.5 | 81.5 | 96.7 | 0.741 |
Men | 4 | 343 | 61.1 | 26.3 | 90.7 | 97.3 | ||
Learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by continent | North America | 38 | 5 055 | 75.7 | 64.4 | 85.6 | 98.6 | < 0.001 |
Europe | 33 | 7 795 | 76.0 | 70.1 | 81.4 | 96.5 | ||
Asia | 57 | 30 660 | 56.8 | 52.0 | 61.5 | 98.4 | ||
Africa | 4 | 573 | 76.7 | 67.7 | 84.6 | 75.2 | ||
Learners wanting to keep blended education post-pandemic by WHO region | American | 40 | 5 195 | 75.7 | 64.8 | 85.2 | 98.5 | < 0.001 |
European | 35 | 8 182 | 74.8 | 68.6 | 80.6 | 97.0 | ||
African | 3 | 813 | 76.5 | 52.4 | 94.1 | 94.6 | ||
Eastern Mediterranean | 18 | 9 489 | 55.8 | 46.2 | 65.2 | 98.8 | ||
South East Asian | 27 | 7 037 | 56.7 | 49.0 | 64.2 | 97.6 | ||
Western Pacific | 11 | 13 507 | 62.2 | 55.6 | 68.6 | 97.2 |