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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Early community-based family practice elective positively influences medical students’ career considerations – a Pre-post-comparison

Characteristic

N

Percent (n) *

female sex

133

75.9 (101)

age (yr, mean (SD), min - max)

133

21.4 (3.5), 18–47

semester

133

 

  1st

 

64.7 (86)

  3rd

 

34.6 (46)

  4th

 

0.8 (1)

regional background

132

 

  major city

 

32.6 (43)

  provincial town

 

38.6 (51)

  countryside

 

28.8 (38)

previous experiences in family practice

133

12.8 (17)

medical educational background

133

18.0 (24)

family or friends in family practice

133

25.6 (34)

  1. * unless otherwise indicated.