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Table 3 Characteristics of the student population: age and gender

From: Communication skills of medical students during the OSCE: Gender-specific differences in a longitudinal trend study

Semester

Number of students

Gender distribution

Age: Mean (Range (Min; Max)) [SD]

  

Male

Female

 

2011

162

32% (n = 52)

68% (n = 110)

24.86 (27 (21;48)) [4.19]

2011–2012

168

42% (n = 71)

58% (n = 97)

25.40 (38 (21;59)) [4.24]

2012

148

34% (n = 51)

66% (n = 97)

24.38 (32 (20;52)) [3.61]

2012–2013

81

44% (n = 36)

56% (n = 45)

25.93 (25 (21;46)) [4.66]

2013

150

40% (n = 60)

60% (n = 90)

24.75 (13 (21;34)) [3.03]

2013–2014

165

47% (n = 77)

53% (n = 88)

25.29 (33 (19;52)) [3.98]

2014

153

41% (n = 63)

59% (n = 90)

23.7 (19 (20;39) [2.93]

Total

1027

40% (n = 410)

60% (n = 617)

24.84 (24) [3.85]