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Table 2 Characteristics of students enrolled in three PhD programs at the University of Split School of Medicine between 2006/7 and 2013/14

From: Improving completion rates of students in biomedical PhD programs: an interventional study

Variable

BN

EBM

TRIBE

Total

No. of enrolled students

81

101

55

237

Male

36 (45%)

39 (39%)

20 (36%)

95 (40%)

Female

45 (55%)

62 (61%)

35 (64%)

147 (60%)

Age at enrollment (median, range)

33 (23–59)

28 (23–58)

28 (24–53)

28 (23–59)

Grade point average (median, range)

3.86 (2.85–4.95)*

4.14 (2.94–4.95)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

4.0 (2.85–5.0)

Students paying / not paying tuition

40 / 41

40 / 61

23 / 32

167/106

MD or DDM / other profession

76/5

98/3

35/20

209/28

Employed in academia

12 (15%)

15 (15%)

24 (44%)#

51 (22%)

Employed in PHC

13 (16%)

14 (14%)

6 (11%)

33 (14%)

Employed in hospitals

51 (63%)

63 (62%)

17 (31%)

131 (55%)

Employed in other sectors

3 (4%)

3 (3%)

4 (7%)

10 (4%)

Unemployed

1 (1%)

3 (3%)

/

4 (2%)

Missing data on employment

1 (1%)

3 (3%)

4 (7%)

8 (3%)

Attrition rate

2 (2.5%)

1 (0.8%)

7 (12.7%)**

10 (4.2%)

  1. BN Biology of Neoplasms, EBM Evidence Based Medicine, TRIBE Translational Research in Biomedicine, DDM Doctor of Dental Medicine, PHC Primary Health Care
  2. *Significant difference between grade point average of BN and EBM students (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA with Dunn’s test, P < 0.001)
  3. ** Significant difference in attrition rate between three programs; χ 2 (2, N = 237) = 13.7, P < 0.05
  4. # Significant difference in employment structure of enrolled students; χ 2 (8, N = 237) = 28.9, P < 0.05