Table 3 Perceived effectiveness of MERS-CoV educational programs and its knowledge transfer across particpant characteristics
| Â | Perceived effectiveness of MERS CoV educational programs | Perception towards knowledge transfer of MERS CoV updates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative n(%) | Positive n(%) | Negative n(%) | Positive n(%) | |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 52 (35.9%) | 93 (64.1%) | 47 (32.4%) | 98 (67.6%) |
 Female | 39 (15.1%) | 220 (84.9%) | 37 (14.3%) | 222 (85.7%) |
|  | χ2 = 23.05, P < 0.001* | χ2 = 18.55,P < 0.001* | ||
Age (years) | ||||
 ≤ 30 | 30 (28.0%) | 77 (72.0%) | 28 (26.2%) | 79 (73.8%) |
 30–40 | 18 (15.5%) | 98 (84.5%) | 23 (19.8%) | 93 (80.2%) |
 > 40 | 43 (23.8%) | 138 (76.2%) | 33 (18.2%) | 148 (81.8%) |
|  | χ2 = 5.285, P = 0.071 | χ2 = 2.664, P = 0.264 | ||
Job title | ||||
 Physician | 30 (32.3%) | 63 (67.7%) | 31 (33.3%) | 62 (66.7%) |
 Nurse | 28 (14.9%) | 160 (85.1%) | 21 (11.2%) | 167 (88.8%) |
 Pharmacist | 24 (32.9%) | 49 (67.1%) | 23 (31.5%) | 50 (68.5%) |
 Technical | 9 (18.0%) | 41 (82.0%) | 9 (18.0%) | 41 (82.0%) |
|  | χ2 = 16.392, P = 0.001* | χ2 = 24.776, P < 0.001* | ||
Experience (years) | ||||
 < 5 | 40 (33.9%) | 78 (66.1%) | 42 (35.4%) | 76 (64.6%) |
 5–10 | 24 (20.7%) | 92 (79.3%) | 27 (23.3%) | 89 (76.7%) |
 > 10 | 27 (15.9%) | 143 (84.1%) | 15 (8.8%) | 155 (91.2%) |
|  | χ2 = 13.269, P = 0.001* | χ2 = 30.918, P < 0.001* | ||