Table 1 Demographics of Dutch physician assistant (PA) students and alumni
From: Cultural competence of dutch physician assistants: an observational cohort study
Variable | Total n = 136 | PA students n = 40 | PA alumni n = 96 | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | Female | 98 (72) | 30 (75) | 68 (71) | 0.62 |
Male | 38 (28) | 10 (25) | 28 (29) | ||
Born in the Netherlands, n (%) | Yes | 132 (97) | 40 (100) | 92 (96) | 0.19 |
No | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | ||
Parents | |||||
born in the Netherlands, n (%) | Mother | 130 (96) | 39 (98) | 91 (95) | 0.48 |
Father | 134 (99) | 40 (100) | 94 (98) | 0.36 | |
≥ 1 parent/caregiver completed university, n (%) | Yes | 60 (44) | 18 (45) | 42 (44) | 0.89 |
No | 76 (56) | 22 (55) | 54 (56) | ||
Health care working experience, n (%) | 0–5 yr | 9 (7) | 8 (20) | 1 (1) | 0.00** |
6–10 yr | 20 (15) | 12 (30) | 8 (8) | ||
11–15 yr | 19 (14) | 6 (15) | 13 (14) | ||
15 + yr | 88 (65) | 14 (35) | 74 (77) | ||
PA working experience, n (%) | 0–5 yr | 73 (54) | 40 (100) | 33 (34) | N.A |
6–10 yr | 27 (20) | - | 27 (28) | ||
11–15 yr | 25 (18) | - | 25 (26) | ||
15 + yr | 11 (8) | - | 11 (12) | ||
Minority patients in work area, n (%) | < 5% | 14 (10) | 4 (10) | 10 (10) | 0.44 |
5–10% | 35 (26) | 6 (15) | 29 (30) | ||
11–25% | 31 (23) | 10 (25) | 21 (22) | ||
26–50% | 18 (13) | 5 (13) | 13 (14) | ||
> 50% | 4 (3) | 2 (5) | 2 (2) | ||
Unknown | 34 (25) | 13 (33) | 21 (22) | ||