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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics, including the no. of years spent in rural practice and the type of medical education received

From: Working among the rural communities in Ghana - why doctors choose to engage in rural practice

 

Number

Percent

 

Gender

 Male

23

88.9

 

 Female

4

11.1

 

Age (in years)a

 25–29

7

25.9

 

 30–34

9

33.3

 

 35–39

4

14.8

 

 40–44

3

11.1

 

 45–49

0

0

 

 50–54

2

7.4

 

University attended

 UGSMD

2

7.4

 

 KNUST-SMS

1

3.7

 

 UDS-SMHS

17

63

 

 Others

   

 Eastern Europe

5

18.5

 

 Turkey

2

7.4

 

Experience in rural practice (in years)

 0–11 months

9

33.3

 

 1–5 years

11

40.7

 

 Above 5 years

7

26

 

Curriculum typeb

 UGSMD

  

Traditional

 KNUST-SMS

  

Traditional

 UDS-SMHS

  

PBL/COBES

 Eastern Europe

   

 Turkey

   
  1. aTwo missing values
  2. bUGSMD: University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry; KNUST-SMS: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-School of Medical Sciences; UDS-SMHS: University for Development Studies-School of Medicine and Health Sciences