Table 9 Preference of health worker learners for the purely in-person 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 face-to-face education by ISCO group | Medical doctors | 136 | 69 565 | 47.9 | 43.5 | 52.3 | 99.2 | 0.781 |
Nursing professionals | 9 | 1 470 | 57.4 | 41.4 | 72.6 | 96.7 | ||
Dentists | 37 | 9 299 | 50.3 | 41.8 | 58.7 | 98.4 | ||
Pharmacists | 12 | 2 229 | 49.0 | 40.2 | 57.8 | 93.6 | ||
Physiotherapists | 3 | 424 | 30.5 | 0.1 | 90.2 | 99.4 | ||
Learner preference for face-to-face education by training level | Undergraduate | 159 | 70 146 | 50.9 | 46.9 | 54.9 | 99.1 | 0.003 |
Graduate | 47 | 8 217 | 47.6 | 39.9 | 55.4 | 97.8 | ||
Continuing | 8 | 3 066 | 30.7 | 21.1 | 41.2 | 95.3 | ||
Undergraduate learner preference for online education by year of studies | 1st | 22 | 3 750 | 59.6 | 47.3 | 71.2 | 98.1 | 0.616 |
2nd | 19 | 2 139 | 53.2 | 41.6 | 64.6 | 96.5 | ||
3rd | 14 | 1 437 | 54.1 | 42.0 | 65.9 | 94.9 | ||
4th | 7 | 698 | 46.3 | 31.5 | 61.3 | 92.7 | ||
Learner preference for face-to-face education by gender | Women | 6 | 2 212 | 37.6 | 23.5 | 52.8 | 98.0 | 0.882 |
Men | 3 | 1 075 | 40.4 | 9.9 | 75.8 | 99.2 | ||
Learner preference for face-to-face education by continent | North America | 54 | 7 043 | 49.3 | 42.2 | 56.3 | 96.8 | 0.090 |
Europe | 43 | 20 116 | 51.9 | 43.3 | 60.5 | 99.3 | ||
Asia | 108 | 41 971 | 49.9 | 45.3 | 54.5 | 98.8 | ||
Africa | 11 | 6 355 | 37.0 | 27.7 | 46.8 | 96.2 | ||
Learner preference for face-to-face education by WHO region | American | 56 | 8 313 | 50.1 | 43.0 | 57.1 | 97.3 | 0.013 |
European | 50 | 35 270 | 51.3 | 43.0 | 59.5 | 99.5 | ||
African | 7 | 942 | 33.5 | 18.0 | 51.0 | 96.6 | ||
Eastern Mediterranean | 43 | 20 353 | 46.5 | 40.2 | 52.9 | 98.7 | ||
South East Asian | 50 | 17 702 | 56.5 | 49.1 | 63.7 | 99.0 | ||
Western Pacific | 15 | 7 483 | 32.9 | 21.7 | 45.2 | 98.6 | ||
Learner preference for face-to-face education by year of study end (2020 vs 2021) | 2020 | 94 | 48 758 | 46.8 | 41.8 | 51.8 | 99.2 | 0.540 |
2021 | 48 | 20 905 | 49.6 | 43.2 | 56.0 | 98.8 |