Table 1 Characteristics of medical students’ research experience.
From: A comparative analysis on the research competency of medical students across the COVID-19 periods
|  | Pre-COVID-19 (N = 83) | Pandemic (N = 84) | Post-COVID-19 (N = 85) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year of requirement attainment | |||||||
1st year | 6 (7.2%) | 9 (10.7%) | 4 (4.7%) | ||||
2nd year | 14 (16.9%) | 6 (7.1%) | 15 (17.6%) | ||||
3rd year | 25 (30.1%) | 24 (28.6%) | 23 (27.1%) | ||||
4th year | 38 (45.8%) | 45 (63.6%) | 43 (50.6%) | ||||
Supervisor’s area of specialization* | |||||||
Basic Medical Science | 28 (33.7%) | 31 (36.9%) | 33 (38.8%) | ||||
Clinical Medicine | 54 (65.1%) | 53 (63.1%) | 52 (61.2%) | ||||
Research outcomes and competencies | |||||||
Publishing Papers (N = 170) | 57 (68.7%) | 53 (63.1%) | 60 (70.1%) | ||||
Levels of contribution | |||||||
Being first author | 34 (59.6%) | 27 (50.9%) | 13 (21.7%) | ||||
Being coauthor | 23 (40.4%) | 26 (49.1%) | 47 (78.3%) | ||||
Indexing categories | |||||||
SCI(E)s | 14 (24.6%) | 17 (32.1%) | 34 (56.7%) | ||||
KCIs | 17 (29.8%) | 27 (50.9%) | 25 (41.7%) | ||||
Others | 26 (45.6%) | 9 (17.0%) | 1 (1.7%) | ||||
Types of journal articles | |||||||
Original articles | 30 (52.6%) | 29 (54.7%) | 40 (66.7%) | ||||
Review articles | 4 (7.0%) | 2 (3.8%) | 5 (8.3%) | ||||
Case reports | 23 (40.4%) | 22 (41.5%) | 15 (25.0%) | ||||
Presenting at Conferences (N = 82) | 26 (31.3%) | 31 (36.9%) | 25 (29.9%) | ||||
Levels of contribution | |||||||
Being first author | 24 (92.3%) | 31 (100.0%) | 22 (88.0%) | ||||
Being coauthor | 2 (7.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (12.0%) | ||||
Conferences categories | |||||||
International | 10 (38.5%) | 8 (25.8%) | 4 (16.0%) | ||||
Domestic | 12 (46.2%) | 22 (71.0%) | 21 (84.0%) | ||||
Intramural | 4 (15.4%) | 1 (3.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
Types of presentations | |||||||
Oral presentations | 7 (26.9%) | 5 (16.1%) | 5 (20.0%) | ||||
Poster presentations | 19 (73.1%) | 26 (83.9%) | 20 (80.0%) | ||||
