| Characteristics | Medical School | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TeAMS (n = 92) | PURSCI (n = 160) | PUMC (n = 148) | Total (n = 400) | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Response rate | 92/121 (76) | 160/198 (80.1) | 148/303 (48.8) | 400/622 (64.3) | ||
| Gender | .24 | |||||
| Male | 38 (41.3) | 59 (36.9) | 66 (44.6) | 163 (40.8) | ||
| Female | 52 (56.5) | 100 (62.5) | 77 (52.0) | 229 (57.2) | ||
| Missing | 2 (2.2) | 1 (0.6) | 5 (3.4) | 8 (2.0) | ||
| Age (M ± SD) | 26.1 ± 2.38 | 21.0 ± 0.95 | 22.8 ± 1.58 | 22.8 ± 2.45 | ||
| Race | <.0001 | |||||
| White | 69 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 69 (17.2) | ||
| Malay | 0 (0.0) | 41 (25.6) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (10.3) | ||
| Chinese | 0 (0.0) | 47 (29.4) | 143 (96.6) | 190 (47.5) | ||
| Indian | 0 (0.0) | 48 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 48 (12.0) | ||
| Other | 9 (9.8) | 11 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (5.0) | ||
| Multiracial | 3 (3.3) | 4 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.7) | ||
| Missing | 11 (11.9) | 9 (5.6) | 5 (3.4) | 25 (6.3) | ||
| Marital Status | <.0001 | |||||
| Single | 60 (65.2) | 160 (100) | 141 (95.3) | 361 (90.2) | ||
| Married | 20 (21.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) | 22 (5.5) | ||
| Divorced | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Missing | 11 (12.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (3.4) | 16 (4.0) | ||
| School Year | <.0001 | |||||
| First | 29 (31.5) | 54 (33.8) | 61 (41.2) | 144 (36.0) | ||
| Second | 19 (20.7) | 52 (32.5) | 20 (13.5) | 91 (22.8) | ||
| Third | 12 (13.0) | 42 (26.2) | 35 (23.7) | 89 (22.3) | ||
| Fourth | 21 (22.8) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (21.6) | 53 (13.2) | ||
| Missing | 11 (12.0) | 12 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (5.7) | ||
| Future Intentions for Residency | <.0001 | |||||
| Family Med. | 5 (5.4) | 9 (5.6) | 2 (1.4) | 16 (4.0) | ||
| Internal Med. | 23 (25.0) | 14 (8.8) | 61 (41.2) | 98 (24.5) | ||
| OB’/GYN | 5 (5.4) | 12 (7.5) | 9 (6.1) | 26 (6.5) | ||
| Pediatrics | 20 (21.7) | 24 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 44 (11.0) | ||
| Emergency Med. | 3 (3.3) | 9 (5.6) | 1 (0.7) | 13 (3.3) | ||
| General Surgery | 6 (6.5) | 28 (17.5) | 38 (25.6) | 72 (18.0) | ||
| Orthopedics | 2 (2.2) | 7 (4.4) | 8 (5.4) | 17 (4.2) | ||
| Other | 18 (19.6) | 45 (28.1) | 29 (19.6) | 92 (23.0) | ||
| Missing | 10 (10.9) | 12 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (5.5) | ||
TeAMS, Technion American Medical Student Program, Haifa, Israel; PURSCI, Perdana University Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, in Serdang, Malaysia; PUMC, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Int J Med Educ. 2021; 12:25-30; doi: 10.5116/ijme.5ff9.bf5c