Effects of a “silent mentor” initiation ceremony and dissection on medical students’ humanity and learning

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Table 1 Numbers and percentages of participants’ demographic variables

Variables	T1		T2		T3		F/χ ²	df	p
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	F/χ ²	df	p
Total	158	100	153	96.8	137	86.7
Age (mean ± SD)^a	20.97 ± 1.53		20.99 ± 1.54		21.09 ± 1.38		F = 20.38	1	<.05
Gender
Male	96	60.8	92	60.1	83	60.6	χ ² = .014	2	.993
Female	62	39.2	61	39.9	54	39.4	χ ² = .014	2	.993
Religious belief
Yes	69	43.67	66	56.2	60	43.8	χ ² = .510	2	.972
No	87	55.06	86	43.1	75	54.7
No answer	2	1.27	1	7	2	1.5
Family closeness
Very good	96	60.8	93	60.8	83	60.6	χ ² = .622	6	.996
Good	44	27.8	43	28.1	41	29.9
Middle	15	9.5	14	9.2	10	7.3
Poor	3	1.9	3	2.0	3	2.2
Very poor	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aAge among the three time points were different merely because the participants were aging

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