Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being and training of medical clerks: a pan-Canadian survey

Characteristics

Number

Percent

Age (years)

 20–25

388

(61.9)

 25–30

199

(31.7)

 30–35

27

(4.3)

 More than 35

9

(1.4)

 Unknown

4

(0.6)

Level of study

 Junior clerks

469

(74.8)

 Senior clerks

151

(24.1)

 Unknown

7

(1.1)

Home University

 Dalhousie University

38

(6.1)

 Université Laval

22

(3.5)

 University of Manitoba

39

(6.2)

 Memorial University of Newfoundland

16

(2.6)

 Université de Montréal

188

(30.0)

 Northern Ontario School of Medicine

9

(1.4)

 University of Ottawa

46

(7.3)

 Queen’s University

18

(2.9)

 Université de Sherbrooke

118

(18.8)

 University of Toronto

123

(19.6)

 Unspecified

10

(1.6)

Preferred residency match

 Family medicine

188

(30.0)

 Medical specialty

422

(67.3)

 Unknown

17

(2.7)

COVID status

 Positive with mild to moderate symptoms

3

(0.5)

 Positive with severe symptomsa

0

(0.0)

 Negative

613

(97.8)

 Unknown

11

(1.8)

Family COVID status

 Positive with mild to moderate symptoms

13

(2.1)

 Positive with severe symptomsa

6

(1.0)

 Negative

593

(94.6)

 Unknown

15

(2.4)

  1. Abbreviations:
  2. aSevere symptoms defined as requiring hospitalisation or ICU stay