Language of Medical Instruction in Palestine: A Mixed Method Approach of Students’ Perceptions

Table 1

Demographic features of respondents and results related to using Arabic as a medium of medical instruction.

Variable	University A			University B
	Number	Mean	Standard deviation	Number	Mean	Standard deviation
Gender
Male	102	3.20	0.95	92	3.40	0.58
Female	200	3.17	0.73	210	3.21	0.54
Specific major
Medicine	46	2.89	0.85	40	3.35	0.77
Pharmacy	114	3.45	0.70	120	3.35	0.58
Nursing and Midwifery	114	3.05	0.80	122	3.21	0.45
Applied and Allied Medical Sciences	28	3.09	0.56	20	3.29	0.39
Year of study
Freshman (1st year)	34	2.86	1.15	36	3.27	0.58
Sophomore (2nd year)	70	3.25	0.55	70	3.38	0.52
Junior (3rd year)	112	3.17	0.74	78	3.32	0.66
Senior (4th year)	68	3.15	0.67	64	3.19	0.55
Super senior (5th or 6th year)	18	3.03	0.64	54	3.35	0.36
Total	302	3.09	0.75	302	3.29	0.56