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Table 1 Participant demographic information

From: ‘If it’s a medical issue I would have covered it by now’: learning about fibromyalgia through the hidden curriculum: a qualitative study

Participant number

Year of degree

Age range (18–23, ≥24)

Gender

Ethnicity

Declared personal knowledge of FMS outside of medical school

Interview length (mins:secs)

1

4

≥24

F

Indian

Yes

17:22

2

2

≥24

M

Australian Caucasian

No

23:27

3

Intercalatinga

18–23

F

British Caucasian

No

38:28

4

5

≥24

M

British Caucasian

No

23:06

5

Intercalatinga

≥24

M

British Caucasian

No

27:16

6

1

≥24

F

British Caucasian

No

36:28

7

3

≥24

M

British Caucasian

Yes

42:14

8

1

18–23

M

Bengali

Yes

16:47

9

3

≥24

F

Afro-Caribbean

Yes

27:05

10

3

18–23

M

British Caucasian

No

28:47

11

1

18–23

F

British Pakistani

Yes

33:20

12

5

≥24

F

British Caucasian

No

29:34

13

5

≥24

M

British Caucasian

No

25:23

14

5

≥24

F

British Caucasian

No

25:00

15

4

18–23

F

British Asian

No

25:41

16

Intercalatinga

18–23

M

British Caucasian

No

27:28

17

2

18–23

F

British Caucasian

Yes

29:15

18

2

18–23

F

Indian

No

29:40

19

2

18–23

F

British Caucasian

No

13:24

20

3

18–23

F

British Caucasian

Yes

32:40

21

3

≥24

F

British Caucasian

No

27:45

  1. aIntercalating is when a student takes a year between studies to complete an additional degree, usually taken between the fourth and fifth year of studying for an undergraduate medical degree