The impact of an early_exposure program on medical students’ interest in and knowledge of rural medical practices: a questionnaire survey

Table 2 Pre- and post-program changes in students’ interest in and knowledge of rural practice by basic work location preference

		Interested in rural practice			Understand physicians’ roles in rural practice
Work location preference	Subjects	Pre-program	Post-program	P -value	Pre-program	Post-program	P -value
Work location preference	n	n (%)	n (%)	P -value	n (%)	n (%)	P -value
Large city	64	17 (26.6)	35 (54.7)	< .001	30 (46.9)	47 (73.4)	.003
Major urban area	64	29 (45.3)	42 (65.6)	.002	40 (62.5)	46 (71.9)	.29
Town or village	34	25 (73.5)	29 (85.3)	.22	22 (64.7)	27 (79.4)	.23
Rural area	17	15 (88.2)	16 (94.1)	1.00	11 (64.7)	13 (76.5)	.69

All data are expressed as numbers and percentages in parentheses.
McNemar’s test was used to examine pre- and post-program differences in the proportions of respondents with high interest and knowledge.

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