Factors influencing medical students’ knowledge and attitudes toward climate change: A cross-sectional study

PLOS One | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330875 October 10, 2025 7 / 12 Fig 1. Attitude toward climate change (N = 311). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330875.g001 Table 3. Chi squared analysis of receiving formal climate change education by gender, age, region, and specialty (N = 311). Received formal climate change education Yes, n (%N) No, n (%N) Do not recall, n (%N) P-Value Gender 0.06 Female 55 (26.7) 122 (59.22) 29 (14.08) Male 23 (21.9) 75 (71.43) 7 (6.67) Age 0.79 Under 25 29 (25.44) 71 (62.28) 14 (12.28) 25–30 44 (24.04) 118 (64.48) 21 (11.48) 31–35 3 (27.27) 7 (63.64) 1 (9.09) Over 35 2 (66.67) 1 (33.33) 0 (0) Region <0.001 Middle East/ North Africa region 35 (16.75) 146 (69.86) 28 (13.4) Asia 23 (46.94) 25 (51.02) 1 (2.04) Europe 12 (37.5) 16 (50) 4 (12.5) Africa 8 (38.1) 10 (47.62) 3 (14.29) Specialty 0.68 Medical 45 (26.16) 106 (61.63) 21 (12.21) General surgery or surgical subspecialty 21 (28.38) 47 (63.51) 6 (8.11) Emergency medicine 4 (13.33) 21 (70) 5 (16.67) Other 8 (22.86) 23 (65.71) 4 (11.43) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330875.t003