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Table 1 Summary of participant demographic characteristics

From: Medical identity; perspectives of students from two countries

 

Australia Yr 1 (n = 121)

Australia Yr 5 (n = 46)

Germany Yr 1 (n = 164)

Germany Year 6 (n = 24)

Age Mean (SD)

21.29 (4.92)

24.78 (3.88)

21.52 (5.01)

25.92 (4.17)

Gender

Female: 60 (49.6%)

Male: 59 (48.8%)

Not specified: 2 (1.7%)

Female: 22 (47.8%)

Male: 24 (52.2%)

Female: 106 (64.6%)

Male: 58 (35.4%)

Female: 16 (66.7%)

Male: 8 (33.3%)

Place of birth

Australia: 82 (67.8%)

Other: 39 (32.2%)

[Singapore: 18 (14.9%), India: 5 (4.1%), others very small numbers]

Australia: 32 (67.8%)

Other: 14 (30.4%)

[Singapore: 2 (4.3%), England: 3 (6.5%), others maximum n = 1]

Germany: 146 (89%)

Other: 18 (11%)

[Belgium: 2 (1.2%),

Italy: 2 (1.2%), others maximum n = 1]

Germany: 21 (87.5%)

Other: 3 (12.5%) [Belgium, Romania]

Other language at home

English: 107 (88.4%)

English and other: 13 (10.7%)

English 100%

English and other: 6 (13%)

German: 132 (80.5%)

German and other: 24 (14.6%)

Other: 8 (4.9%)

German: 21 (87.5%)

German and other: 3 (12.5%) [English, Dutch, Polish]

Previous training

64 (52.9%)

9 (19.6%)

60 (36.6%)

11 (45.8%)

Parents physicians

28 (23.1%)

11 (23.9%)

29 (17.7%)

4 (16.7%)