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Table 4 Learner redeployment rates due to 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 were redeployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by ISCO group

Medical doctors

89

10 903

27.8

23.9

31.9

95.2

0.204

Dentists

4

390

46.4

19.3

74.6

96.5

Learners who were redeployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by continent

North America

37

4 596

24.8

19.4

30.6

94.6

0.146

Europe

36

4 053

34.9

28.4

41.6

94.6

Asia

10

1 440

31.1

16.3

48.1

97.7

Africa

4

326

32.0

8.7

61.2

96.3

Learners who were redeployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by WHO region

American

39

4 838

24.7

19.5

30.3

94.4

0.092

European

37

4 156

35.2

28.8

41.8

94.6

African

3

276

40.7

10.2

75.8

97.0

Eastern Mediterranean

5

648

25.9

9.5

46.6

96.5

South East Asian

3

420

13.7

0.1

43.8

97.7

  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