Table 8 Preference of health worker learners for the virtual-only educational format by subgroups
Explanation of outcome | Subgroup | n | N | Pooled proportion (%) | Lower confidence interval (%) | Higher confidence interval (%) | I2 (%) | P-value for subgroup difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Learner preference for online education by ISCO group | Medical doctors | 137 | 71 195 | 33.9 | 30.4 | 37.6 | 98.9 | 0.406 |
Nursing professionals | 11 | 2 461 | 30.2 | 21.1 | 40.3 | 95.7 | ||
Dentists | 31 | 8 864 | 30.3 | 23.8 | 37.2 | 97.7 | ||
Pharmacists | 9 | 1 858 | 20.6 | 6.3 | 40.1 | 98.8 | ||
Learner preference for online education by level of training | Undergraduate | 146 | 62 459 | 29.5 | 26.5 | 32.6 | 98.5 | 0.007 |
Graduate | 49 | 16 911 | 39.7 | 33.2 | 46.4 | 98.2 | ||
Continuing | 8 | 3 369 | 39.9 | 27.7 | 52.7 | 97.4 | ||
Undergraduate learner preference for online education by year of studies | 1st | 16 | 2 994 | 25.1 | 16.4 | 34.9 | 96.8 | 0.105 |
2nd | 13 | 1 233 | 32.6 | 20.7 | 45.7 | 95.4 | ||
3rd | 8 | 499 | 13.6 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 82.7 | ||
4th | 6 | 271 | 21.0 | 5.1 | 43.2 | 93.4 | ||
5th | 4 | 300 | 16.7 | 3.5 | 36.4 | 93.1 | ||
Learner preference for online education by gender | Women | 10 | 2 095 | 36.1 | 20.7 | 53.1 | 98.3 | 0.550 |
Men | 7 | 1 177 | 43.9 | 25.0 | 63.8 | 97.7 | ||
Learner preference for online education by continent | North America | 44 | 14 744 | 40.1 | 34.1 | 46.3 | 97.2 | < 0.001 |
South America | 3 | 1 402 | 12.3 | 5.7 | 20.8 | 87.7 | ||
Europe | 41 | 15 191 | 38.7 | 32.4 | 45.2 | 98.3 | ||
Asia | 105 | 40 620 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 32.1 | 98.8 | ||
Africa | 9 | 1 454 | 31.7 | 16.1 | 49.7 | 98.0 | ||
Learner preference for online education by WHO region | American | 47 | 16 146 | 38.3 | 31.5 | 45.2 | 98.2 | < 0.001 |
European | 49 | 30 492 | 37.3 | 32.7 | 42.1 | 98.2 | ||
African | 7 | 1 102 | 29.7 | 11.5 | 51.9 | 98.3 | ||
Eastern Mediterranean | 39 | 13 421 | 33.1 | 26.2 | 40.4 | 98.7 | ||
South East Asian | 45 | 17 276 | 22.7 | 18.4 | 27.4 | 97.9 | ||
Western Pacific | 18 | 8282 | 29.7 | 15.9 | 45.6 | 99.4 | ||
Learner preference for online education by year of study end (2020 vs 2021) | 2020 | 88 | 44 017 | 30.4 | 26.2 | 34.9 | 98.9 | 1.000 |
2021 | 37 | 12 681 | 30.2 | 23.6 | 37.3 | 98.5 |