The postgraduate medical educational climate assessed by the Danish Residency Educational Climate Test (DK-RECT): a validation and cross-sectional observational study

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants

Characteristics	N	%
Number contacted	445
Declined participation	67	15
Excluded^a	74	17
Included	304	68
Sex (female/male)	185/119	61/39
Surgery group^b	85	28
Medicine group^c	127	42
Auxiliary group^d	61	20
Anaesthesiology group^e	31	10
Medical school (Danish/not Danish)	286/18	94/6
Trainee, year 1	56	18
Trainee, year 2–6	240	79
Trainees not in specific position	8	3

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^bSurgery: obstetrics and gynaecology, vascular and thoracic surgery, urology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, orthopaedic/spinal surgery
^cMedicine: paediatrics, cardiology, haematology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, neurophysiology, oncology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, nephrology, pulmonary medicine
^dAuxiliary: immunology, clinical physiology, nuclear medicine, pathology, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, radiology, clinical genetics
^eAnaesthesiology: Including intensive care

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