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Table 1 Student characteristics (N = 352-358)

From: Patient safety and quality improvement education: a cross-sectional study of medical students’ preferences and attitudes

Characteristic

n

Percent

Race

  

White

250

71%

Black

26

7.4%

Asian

48

14%

Hispanic

22

6.3%

Other

6

1.7%

Male

236

46%

Year in Medical School

  

Preclinical

140

39%

Clinical

168

47%

Other

50

14%

Advanced Degree*

118

33%

Intended Specialty

  

Intended primary care**

131

37%

Medical or pediatric subspecialty

35

10%

Surgical specialty***

98

28%

Other****

91

26%

  1. *Currently working on or already has an advanced degree.
  2. **Primary care specialties include: medicine, family medicine, medicine/pediatrics, and pediatrics.
  3. ***Surgical specialties included: general surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, and neurosurgery.
  4. ****Other includes anesthesia, dermatology, emergency medicine, medicine-psychiatry, neurology, nuclear medicine, pathology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, preventive medicine, psychiatry, radiation oncology, and radiology.