How do applicants, students and physicians think about the feminisation of medicine? - a questionnaire-survey

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Composition of sample

Survey group	Subgroup	Male	Female	UQ^b	Total
Survey group	Subgroup	N (%)^a	N (%)	N	N (%)
Applicants		66 (36.5%)	115 (63.5%)	0	181 (100%)
Applicants	Total^c	66 (36.5%)	115 (63.5%)		181 (100%)
Medical students	Preclinical^d	71 (30.7%)	160 (69.3%)		231 (100%)
	Total	402 (39.1%)	626 (60.9%)		1028 (100%)
	Clinical^e	92 (35.2%)	169 (64.8%)		261 (100%)
	Total	499 (38,6%)	794 (61,4%)		1293 (100%)
	Clinical rotation^f	23 (31.1%)	51 (68.9%)		74 (100%)
	Total	?	?		281 (100%)
	UQ				24
	Subgroup total	187 (32.9%)	381 (67.1%)	2222	590 (100%)
	Total	901 (38,8%)	1420 (61,2%)		2321 (100%)
Doctors	Residents	36 (44.4%)	45 (55.6%)		81 (100%)
	Total	262 (52,4%)	238 (47,6%)		500 (100%)
	Fellows	14 (37.8%)	23 (62.2%)		37 (100%)
	Total	61 (51,3%)	58 (48,7%)		119 (100%)
	Att. Physicians^g	34 (68.0%)	16 (32.0%)		50 (100%)
	Total	155 (73,8%)	55 (26,2%)		210 (100%)
	Heads of dep^h	12 (80.0%)	3 (20.0%)		15 (100%)
	Total	44 (91,7%)	4 (8,3%)		48 (100,0%)
	UQⁱ				42
	Subgroup total	112 (52.1%)	103 (47.9%)	10	225 (100.0%)

^aN = 100.0% refers to the total number of survey participants, who answered this question
^bUQ unanswered question. This question was not answered by participant
^cTotal refers to the total population of the respective subgroups from which the sample was drawn
^dPreclinical years comprise of the first 2 years of German medical school education
^eClinical years comprise the years 3 to 5 of German medical school education
^fClinical rotations make up year 6 of German medical school education
^gAttending physicians
^hHeads of department
ⁱDentists and doctors working in medical research were also part of the email list. From an item not included in this paper we know that 34 medical researchers and 8 dentists participated in the study which we assume make up the number of UQ in this sample

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