Table 2 Experience of loss before the course
From: Medical students’ experience of personal loss: incidence and implications
Students reporting losses prior to starting to study medicine | ||||
Numbers of students reporting loss prior to start of course | ||||
Loss in previous 12 months | Loss >12 months previously | Total | ||
Participants entering core science component 2007-2010 | ||||
Participants answering Year 1 | n =668 | 108 | 94 | 202 |
Participants answering first time in Years 2 & 3 | n =57 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
All participants | n = 725 | 111 (15.3%) | 96 (13.2%) | 207 (28.5%) |
Participants entering clinical component 2007-2009 | ||||
All participants | n = 295 | 22 (7.5%) | 7 (2.4%) | 29 (9.8%) |
Participants entering core science component 2007–2010 and clinical component 2007-2009 | ||||
All participants | n =1020 | 133 (13.0%) | 103 (10.1%) | 236 (23.1%) |