Table 2 Demographic Data
From: Patient participation in medical student teaching: a survey of hospital patients
Gender | Number of patients % (n) |
Female | 50 (56) |
Male | 48 (53) |
Unspecified | 2 (2) |
Years | |
19–39 | 6 (7) |
40–49 | 12 (13) |
50–59 | 19 (21) |
60–69 | 26 (29) |
70–79 | 22 (24) |
80–89 | 14 (16) |
90–99 | 1 (1) |
Diagnosis by System | |
Cardiac | 39 (43) |
GI | 28 (31) |
Pulmonary | 12 (13) |
Nephrology | 5 (6) |
Neurology | 5 (6) |
Other/unspecified | 11 (12) |
Days in Hospital | |
1–4 | 64 (68) |
5–9 | 22 (23) |
10 or more | 14 (15) |
Teaching Typea | |
Bedside teaching group | 49 (54) |
Individual student | 49 (54) |
Both | 1 (1) |
Unspecified | 2 (2) |