| Title |
Characteristics of first-year students in Canadian medical schools.
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 2002
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| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Irfan A Dhalla, Jeff C Kwong, David L Streiner, Ralph E Baddour, Andrea E Waddell, Ian L Johnson |
| Abstract |
The demographic and socioeconomic profile of medical school classes has implications for where people choose to practise and whether they choose to treat certain disadvantaged groups. We aimed to describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of first-year Canadian medical students and compare them with those of the Canadian population to determine whether there are groups that are over- or underrepresented. Furthermore, we wished to test the hypothesis that medical students often come from privileged socioeconomic backgrounds. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 37 | 64% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 19 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 29 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 22% |
| Scientists | 13 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 109 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 19% |
| Researcher | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 20 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 37% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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