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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the medical students before and after implementation of a longitudinal clerkship

From: Broadening the clinical spectrum for medical students towards primary care: a pre-post analysis of the effect of the implementation of a longitudinal clerkship in general practice

Student characteristics

Before

n = 96

After

n = 94

p-value

Female, n (%)

68 (70.8)

54 (57.5)

0.054

Career intention, n (%)

  

0.41

 GP

14 (14.6)

17 (18.5)

 

 Specialist

51 (53.1)

53 (57.6)

 

 Don’t know yet

31 (32.3)

22 (23.9)

 

Career attractiveness ratinga, score (SD)

 General Practice

3.4 (1.0)

3.4 (1.0)

0.57

 Specialist

4.0 (0.7)

4.1 (0.8)

0.43

Additional GP training done, n (%)

47 (49.0)

14 (14.9)

< 0.001

  1. aOn a score from 1 (unattractive) to 5 (attractive)