Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 2380)
From: The importance of scientific competencies in German medical curricula - the student perspective
Age (mean ± SD) | 23.8 ± 3.8 |
|---|---|
Gender (%) | |
Female | 58.5 |
Male | 40 |
n/a | 1.5 |
Semester (mean ± SD) | 6.7 ± 3.3 |
Number of participants per medical school | |
(median and range) | 45 (1–291) |
Distribution of participants among medical schools | |
Number of participants | Number of schools |
< 5 | 3 |
5–20 | 10 |
21–100 | 16 |
> 100 | 8 |
Scientific experience (%) (multiple answer) | |
Curriculum | 12.4 |
Doctoral thesis | 30.5 |
Student project | 6.9 |
Student assistant | 8.7 |
Other | 8.7 |
None | 49.3 |
Did you start working on a doctoral thesis? (%) | |
Planned | 40.7 |
Started | 41.6 |
Cancelled | 2.7 |
Don’t know | 13 |
Not planned | 1.9 |