Table 4 Medical Specific Knowledge Question Examples
From: Sex and gender specific health topics in medical student learners: pulse check eight years later
Examples of items related to medical specific information (correct answers are noted) | Percentage of students selecting each answer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Present survey (%) | 2012 Survey (4th year students; 2nd year students) | 2012 aggregate survey results (%) | P-value | |
More men than women die of cardiovascular disease in the United States each year | .283 | |||
a. Disagree (correct) | 23.8 | 34.4%; 11.1% | 22.1 | |
b. Agree | 39.6 | 50.0%; 63.9% | 57.4 | |
c. Not Sure | 36.6 | 15.6%; 25.0% | 20.6 | |
Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is a rare but fatal disorder the occurrence of which shows | .001 | |||
b. Greater prevalence in women than men (correct) | 60.0 | 84.4%; 81.6% | 82.9 | |
a. No sex difference | 3.0 | 6.2%; 2.6% | 4.3 | |
c. Don’t know | 37.0 | 9.4%; 15.8% | 12.9 | |
Women respond to the flu vaccine by developing higher titers of antibodies than men | .545 | |||
b. Agree (correct) | 13.9 | 12.9%; 5.1% | 8.6 | |
a. Disagree | 14.9 | 16.1%; 12.8% | 14.3 | |
c. Not Sure | 71.3 | 71.0%; 82.1% | 77.1 | |