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Table 1 Characteristics of volunteers who were involved in the MRVP

From: Medical Research Volunteer Program (MRVP): innovative program promoting undergraduate research in the medical field

Student characteristics

Number of Students Applied N = 211

Number of Matches N = 164

Number of Students Dropped N = 60

Calla

   

 Summer 2014

83

75 (45.7 %)

30 (50.0 %)

 Fall 2014–2015

43

26 (15.9 %)

9 (15.0 %)

 Spring 2014–2015

54

30 (18.3 %)

9 (15.0 %)

 Summer 2015

36

33 (20.1 %)

12 (20.0 %)

Gender

   

 Female

117 (55.5 %)

79 (48.2 %)

28 (46.7 %)

 Male

94 (44.5 %)

85 (51.8 %)

32 (53.3 %)

Major

   

 Faculty of Arts and Sciences

175 (82.9 %)

141 (86.0 %)

50 (83.3 %)

  Biology

138 (78.9 %)

117 (83.0 %)

44 (88.0 %)

  Chemistry

21 (12.0 %)

13 (9.2 %)

4 (8.0 %)

  Mathematics

2 (1.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  Philosophy

1 (0.6 %)

1 (0.7 %)

1 (2.0 %)

  Physics

3 (1.7 %)

3 (2.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  Psychology

10 (5.7 %)

7 (5.0 %)

1 (2.0 %)

 Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

1 (0.5 %)

1 (0.6 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  Chemical Engineering

1 (100 %)

1 (100.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences

5 (2.4 %)

4 (2.4 %)

1 (1.7 %)

  Agriculture

1 (20.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  Nutrition and Dietetics

4 (80.0 %)

4 (100.0 %)

1 (100.0 %)

 Faculty of Health Sciences

29 (13.7 %)

18 (11.0 %)

9 (15.0 %)

  Environmental Health

7 (24.1 %)

7 (38.9 %)

4 (44.4 %)

  Medical Lab Sciences

22 (75.9 %)

11 (61.1 %)

5 (55.6 %)

 Hariri School of Nursing

1 (0.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  Nursing

1 (100 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Class

   

 Sophomore

42 (19.9 %)

31 (18.9 %)

5 (8.3 %)

 Junior

107 (50.7 %)

87 (53.0 %)

31 (51.7 %)

 Senior

62 (29.4 %)

46 (28.0 %)

24 (40.0 %)

  1. aThe data found in this subsection under “Number of Students Applied” include those who have applied to more than one call. The total number of students in this subsection is thus greater than 211, the total number of students who applied to the program