Table 3.
Characteristics of the Research Programme students who participated in the survey
| NTNU | UiB | UiO | UiT | Total | |
| Number of students receiving questionnaire | 53 | 70 | 67 | 18 | 208 |
| Responses (%) | 46 (87) | 58 (83) | 61 (91) | 18 (100) | 183 (87) |
| Age (years) (range) | 24 (20–32) | 25 (20–33) | 25 (21–39) | 24 (21–27) | 25 (20–39) |
| Sex (% women) | 35 | 52 | 43 | 39 | 43 |
| Completed terms on admission. N and (%) | |||||
| 1–2 terms | 6 (13) | 23 (40) | 5 (8) | 11 (61) | 46 (25) |
| 3–4 terms | 37 (80) | 35 (60) | 25 (41) | 6 (33) | 102 (56) |
| 5+ terms | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 31 (51) | 1 (6) | 35 (19) |
| Completed terms at time of response. N and (%) | |||||
| <2 terms | 13 (29) | 12 (21) | 14 (23) | 1 (6) | 40 (22) |
| 2–3 terms | 12 (27) | 13 (22) | 13 (21) | 5 (28) | 44 (24) |
| 4–5 terms | 9 (20) | 19 (33) | 20 (33) | 4 (22) | 51 (28) |
| ≥ 6 terms | 11 (24) | 14 (24) | 14 (23) | 8 (44) | 48 (26) |
| Classification of projects. N and (%) | |||||
| Public health/epidemiology | 1 (2) | 12 (21) | 6 (10) | 2 (11) | 22 (12) |
| Clinical/patient-oriented | 10 (22) | 15 (26) | 11 (18) | 3 (17) | 38 (21) |
| Laboratory research | 28 (61) | 26 (45) | 41 (67) | 11 (61) | 106 (58) |
| Other | 7 (15) | 5 (9) | 3 (5) | 2 (11) | 17 (9) |