The impact of clinical placements on the emotional intelligence of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and business students: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Participants demographics and clinical placements at T1 and T3

	All therapy students		Occupational Therapy		Physiotherapy		Speech Pathology		Business
	T1	T3	T1	T3	T1	T3	T1	T3	T1	T3
Participants	283	142	139	52	91	53	53	37	93	24
Females and males @T1	85%/15%		89%/11%		72%/28%		96%/4%		76%/24%
Age @ T1	21.4 years SD = 3.4		21 years SD = 2.7		21.9 years SD = 3.7		21.4 years SD = 3.5		21.4 years SD = 4.7
Number of clinical placements	4.02 SD = 1.4		3.24 SD = 0.9		4.5 SD = 1.5		3.9 SD = 1.2		0
Clinical placement days	124 SD = 33		117 SD = 28		125 SD = 37		124 SD = 37		0

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