Table 1 Characteristics of lectures and lecturers

Male, n (%)

11 (92)

6 (100)

5 (83)

Teaching experience (years), mean ± SD

22 ± 10

23 ± 10

21 ± 11

Professor of medicine, n(%)

11 (92)

5 (83)

6 (100)

Lecture delivered in the afternoon, n(%)

6 (50)

2 (33)

4 (67)

Slides per lecture (number), mean ± SD

53 ± 12

50 ± 9

56 ± 15

THMs per lecture (number), mean ± SD

4.5 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 0.5

4.3 ± 1.0

Written THMs per lecture (number), mean ± SD

3.2 ± 1.4

3.0 ± 1.4

3.3 ± 1.5

MCQs per lecture (number), mean ± SD

4.0 ± 0.9

4.3 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 0.8