Demographic characteristics of medical student and postgraduate participants
| Medical student sample (n=255) | Postgraduate trainee sample (n=141) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean (SD)) | 24.7 (2.8) | 30.6 (4.3) | ||
| Gender (n (%)) | ||||
| Female | 132 (51.8) | 76 (53.9) | ||
| Male | 123 (48.2) | 65 (46.1) | ||
| Current year in programme (n (%)) | Study sample | Population* | Study sample | Population† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64 (25.3) | 101 (24.9) | 43 (30.5) | 125 (28.7) |
| 2 | 63 (24.9) | 102 (25.1) | 40 (28.4) | 117 (26.8) |
| 3 | 57 (22.5) | 101 (24.9) | 23 (16.3) | 74 (17.0) |
| 4 | 69 (27.3) | 102 (25.1) | 16 (11.3) | 56 (12.8) |
| 5–6 | n/a | 19 (13.5) | 64 (14.7) |
| Programme | n/a | Study sample | Population‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family medicine | 50 (35.5) | 157 (32.4) | ||
| General internal medicine | 16 (11.3) | 60 (12.4) | ||
| Anaesthesiology | 13 (9.2) | 26 (5.4) | ||
| Emergency medicine | 7 (5.0) | 20 (4.1) | ||
| General surgery | 7 (5.0) | 18 (3.7) | ||
| Orthopaedic surgery | 6 (4.4) | 22 (4.5) | ||
| Ophthalmology | 5 (3.5) | 15 (3.1) | ||
| Pathology | 5 (3.5) | 12 (2.5) | ||
| Other§ | 32 (22.7)¶ | 155 (32.0) | ||
*χ2=0.65, p=0.88.
†χ2=0.54, p=0.97.
‡χ2=7.32, p=0.50.
§Includes cardiology, critical care, radiology, gastroenterology, haematology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynaecology, palliative care, paediatrics, physical and rehabilitation, psychiatry, public health and preventative medicine, radiation oncology, respirology, rheumatology, urology.
¶Includes six missing programme information.
n/a, not available.