Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the responders
From: The use of active learning strategies in healthcare colleges in the Middle East
Characteristic | Number of responders n (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 385 (53.32) |
 Female | 337 (46.68) |
Age (years) | |
 20–24 | 4 (0.55) |
 25–34 | 205 (28.39) |
 35–44 | 274 (37.95) |
 45–54 | 141 (19.53) |
 55–64 | 79 (10.94) |
 65–74 | 17 (2.35) |
 75–84 | 2 (0.28) |
College | |
 Dentistry | 90 (12.47) |
 Applied medical sciences | 138 (19.11) |
 School of public health | 15 (2.08) |
 Pharmacy | 202 (27.98) |
 Medicine | 195 (27.01) |
 Nursing | 78 (10.8) |
 Othera | 4 (0.55) |
Rank | |
 Teaching assistant | 93 (12.88) |
 Lecturer | 231 (31.99) |
 Assistant professor | 224 (31.02) |
 Associate professor | 86 (11.91) |
 Professor | 88 (12.19) |
Country | |
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 410 (56.79) |
 Qatar | 4 (1.25) |
 Egypt | 143 (19.81) |
 Israel | 23 (3.19) |
 Iraq | 57 (7.89) |
 Turkey | 18 (2.49) |
 Bahrain | 12 (1.66) |
 United Arab Emirates | 13 (1.8) |
 Sudan | 6 (0.83) |
 Oman | 13 (1.8) |
 Jordan | 6 (0.83) |
 Palestine | 5 (0.69) |
 Other b | 7 (0.97) |
Institution Funding | |
 Public | 617 (85.46) |
 Private | 105 (14.54) |