Preclinical (n = 3395) | Clinical (n = 3376) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
School year, n | 1st | 705 | |||
2nd | 1101 | ||||
3rd | 1479 | ||||
4th | 110 | ||||
6th | 3376 | ||||
Age, mean (standard deviation) | 21.3 (2.81) | 25.4 (3.14) | |||
n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | male | 2178 | 64.2 | 2160 | 64.1 |
female | 1214 | 35.8 | 1210 | 35.9 | |
Type of school | national | 1756 | 51.7 | 1819 | 53.9 |
prefectural | 438 | 12.9 | 364 | 10.8 | |
private | 1201 | 35.4 | 1193 | 35.3 | |
One or both parents were a medical doctor | yes | 1245 | 36.7 | 1287 | 38.2 |
no | 2146 | 63.3 | 2081 | 61.8 | |
Receiving prior teaching on the physician-industry relationship | yes | 367 | 10.8 | 1308 | 38.9 |
no | 3019 | 89.2 | 2057 | 61.1 | |
Exposure to a formal curriculum on drug promotion | yes | 101 | 3.0 | 1091 | 32.3 |
no | 3294 | 97.0 | 2285 | 67.7 |