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Table 1 Number of students taking part in the survey at each year for each component of the course

From: Stability of empathy among undergraduate medical students: A longitudinal study at one UK medical school

Core Science Component

  

Year of Component

  

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year of entry

Total number of entrants

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

2007

266

183 (68.8%) (50.8%)

144 (54.1%) (52.4%)

121 (45.5%) (54.2%)

2008

283

137 (48.5%) (58.4%)

87 (30.7%) (60.9%)

78 (27.6%) (60.3%)

2009

281

155 (55.1%) (53.2%)

94 (33.4%) (53.2%)

 

2010

282

189 (67.0%) (50.3%)

  

Total Core Science entrants

1111

664 (52.8%)

325 (54.9%)

199 (56.6%)

Clinical Component

 

Year of Component

  

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year of entry

Total number of entrants

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

Participants (as % of total entrants) (Women as % of participants)

2007

135

104 (77.0%) (63.5%)

82 (60.7%) (67.1%)

76 (56.3%) (67.1%)

2008

135

101 (74.8%) (54.5%)

70 (51.9%) (58.6%)

57 (42.2%) (63.2%)

2009

135

70 (51.9%) (46.4%)

47 (34.8%) (45.7%)

 

2010

137

69 (50.4%) (47.8%)

  

Total Clinical entrants

542

343 (54.5%)

199 (59.1%)

133 (65.4%)