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%) |