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Table 1 Stratification Criteria

From: Global Health Education: a cross-sectional study among German medical students to identify needs, deficits and potential benefits (Part 1 of 2: Mobility patterns & educational needs and demands)

Stratification criteria

Variable

Criteria

Student mobility

 

IHE-Yes

Any respondent declaring at least one study-related trans-border movement

IHE-No

Any respondent declaring no study-related trans-border movement

IHE-North

Destination countries of international health electives (IHE) are pre-dominantly industrialised countries.

(Eligible combinations: n, nn, snn, nns, nsn, nnn)*

IHE-South

Destination countries of international health electives (IHE) are pre-dominantly developing countries.

(Eligible combinations: s, ss, sn, ns, ssn, sns, nss, sss)*

Exposure to educational interventions

 

GH-yes

Any respondent declaring a participation in global health courses.

GH-no

Any respondent declaring no participation in global health courses.

TM-yes

Any respondent declaring a participation in courses of tropical medicine.

TM-no

Any respondent declaring no participation in courses of tropical medicine.

  1. * A variable was added to each destination country; 'n' if the destination country was industrialised, 's' if the destination country was a developing country. A developing country was defined as a country with a Human Development Index < 0.85