Table 1.
Students' characteristics: total sample and stratified by the change of interest in family medicine after the clerkship (n=2382)
| Total (n=2382) |
Remained high (n=954) |
Remained low (n=134) |
Increased (n=1002) |
Decreased (n=292) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| ≤ 26 years (missing data: 18) | 1596 | 67.5 | 644 | 68.2 | 101 | 76.5 | 649 | 65.2 | 202 | 69.2 |
| Female (missing data: 7) | 1490 | 62.7 | 594 | 62.5 | 80 | 60.2 | 620 | 62.0 | 196 | 67.1 |
| Prior vocational training in the medical field (missing data: 2) | 603 | 25.3 | 239 | 25.1 | 29 | 21.6 | 257 | 25.7 | 78 | 26.7 |
| High motivation for studying medicine (missing data: 12) | 2240 | 94.5 | 898 | 94.3 | 121 | 91.0 | 948 | 95.4 | 273 | 93.8 |
| Clerkship in group practice (missing data: 16) | 1225 | 51.8 | 485 | 51.3 | 61 | 46.2 | 548 | 54.9 | 131 | 45.2 |
FM, family medicine.