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Table 1 Student demographics

From: Measuring changes in perception using the Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) instrument

Demographic variable

Medical (N = 34)

Pharmacy (N = 15)

p-value

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Sex

  

1.000

  Male

17 (50)

8 (53.3)

 

  Female

17 (50)

7 (46.7)

 

Age (years) [mean ± SD]

25.3 ± 1.3

28.7 ± 4.4

0.013

Race

  

0.538

  White

14 (41.2)

8 (53.3)

 

  Black

2 (5.9)

0 (0)

 

  Hispanic

2 (5.9)

3 (20)

 

  Asian

15 (44.1)

3 (20)

 

  Other

1 (2.9)

1 (6.7)

 

Year in school

  

< 0.001

  Third

32 (94.1)

0 (0)

 

  Fourth

2 (5.9)

15 (100)

 

Percent current year completed

  

0.538

  0-25

7 (20.6)

6 (40)

 

  26-50

7 (20.6)

2 (13.3)

 

  51-75

13 (38.2)

2 (13.3)

 

  76-100

7 (20.6)

5 (33.3)

 

Highest degree earned

  

<0.001 §

  None

0 (0)

6 (40)

 

  Associates

0 (0)

1 (6.7)

 

  Baccalaureate

29 (85.3)

7 (46.7)

 

  Masters

5 (14.7)

1 (6.7)

 

Years full-time employment [mean ± SD]

0.71 ± 0.97

4.60 ± 4.55

<0.001

Prior rotations involving interprofessional teamwork (number) [mean ± SD]

1.41 ± 1.74

3.13 ± 2.1

<0.001

  1. Results demonstrating statistical significance (i.e., p ≤ 0.05) appear in bolded and italicized font.
  2. Due to small cell counts, Fisher’s Exact was applied to “White” versus “Non-white” to calculate this p-value.
  3. Due to small cell counts, Fisher’s Exact was applied to “0-50%” versus “51-100%” to calculate this p-value.
  4. §Due to small cell counts, Fisher’s Exact was applied to “Baccalaureate or higher” versus “Less than baccalaureate” to calculate this p-value.