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Table 3 Learners perceiving disruption of their clinical training amidst the COVID-19 pandemic 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 who perceived training disruption by ISCO group

Medical doctors

181

46 846

71.4

67.8

74.9

98.6

0.719

Nursing professionals

8

4 190

68.3

54.6

80.6

98.7

Dentists

21

9 631

68.2

59.3

76.4

98.4

Learners who perceived training disruption by training level

Undergraduate

56

36 568

71.5

65.2

77.3

99.4

0.992

Graduate

145

23 515

70.9

67.1

74.6

97.4

Continuing

3

828

71.1

29.1

98.6

99.2

Learners who perceived training disruption by undergraduate year of studies

1st

5

420

78.6

68.0

87.7

82.5

0.729

2nd

8

668

73.8

63.3

83.1

87.4

3rd

7

734

68.4

46.0

87.2

97.1

4th

6

940

68.9

53.5

82.5

92.1

6th

4

769

69.3

56.6

80.8

90.8

Learners who perceived training disruption by gender

Women

10

4 564

77.1

66.8

85.9

98.2

0.304

Men

8

1 093

69.2

56.8

80.4

93.4

Learners who perceived training disruption by continent

North America

63

10 743

66.9

61.0

72.5

97.4

0.103

South America

9

2 687

69.4

48.7

86.8

98.9

Europe

62

14 418

70.6

65.1

75.8

97.9

Asia

49

18 385

76.4

71.9

80.6

97.8

Africa

7

4 426

80.1

65.9

91.3

98.2

Oceania

7

2 238

74.5

68.1

80.4

84.0

Learners who perceived training disruption by WHO region

American

72

13 430

67.1

61.3

72.8

97.9

< 0.001

European

66

15 249

71.1

65.9

76.0

97.8

African

3

426

73.8

63.1

83.3

81.6

Eastern Mediterranean

24

12 019

71.6

60.7

81.3

99.3

South East Asian

21

7 809

84.5

80.3

88.4

95.3

Western Pacific

11

3 964

69.9

60.2

78.8

97.0

Learners who perceived disruption of non-invasive procedures (outpatient, inpatient, etc.) by training level

Undergraduate

12

7 827

68.4

52.3

82.6

99.4

0.866

Graduate

73

13 371

69.5

63.5

75.2

98.1

Learners who would want to prolong their training, due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by training level

Undergraduate

10

20 015

50.8

39.3

62.4

99.5

0.318

Graduate

51

13 897

44.0

36.5

51.6

98.6

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