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Table 12 Learners supporting the adoption of a virtual-only format in the post-pandemic future of health worker education by subgroups

From: Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Explanation of outcome

Subgroup

n

N

Pooled proportion (%)

Lower confidence interval (%)

Higher confidence interval (%)

I2 (%)

P-value for subgroup difference

Learners wanting to keep online education post-pandemic by continent

North America

33

4 693

40.7

30.6

51.3

98.0

0.004

Europe

20

3 400

36.2

24.0

49.5

98.3

Asia

57

31 627

28.2

23.3

33.5

98.9

Africa

6

1 292

62.9

41.9

81.7

98.2

Learners wishing to keep online education post-pandemic by WHO region

American

33

4 693

40.7

30.6

51.3

98.0

0.338

European

25

17 118

35.7

24.9

47.3

99.0

African

5

1 414

49.5

25.0

74.2

98.7

Eastern Mediterranean

21

9 963

33.8

25.2

42.9

98.8

South East Asian

22

6 941

29.0

21.6

37.0

97.8

Western Pacific

13

14 227

28.6

18.0

40.4

99.3

  1. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) or trends (p < 0.1) are noted in bold
  2. n number of studies, N number of participants