Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of 1,660 Participants at Seven Medical Schools Compared to National Medical Student Demographics, From a Study of Medical Students’ Views on Health Care Reform and Professional Responsibility, 2017a
| Characteristic | Participating schools, no. (%) |
Nationally, % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 772 (47.3) | 47.2 |
| Female | 859 (52.7) | 52.8 |
| Medical school class | ||
| First | 413 (25.2) | -- |
| Second | 390 (23.8) | -- |
| Third | 306 (18.6) | -- |
| Fourth | 453 (27.6) | -- |
| Otherb | 80 (4.8) | -- |
| Race/ethnicityc | ||
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 302 (18.2) | 24.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 82 (4.9) | 7.4 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 945 (56.9) | 61.7 |
| Hispanic | 170 (10.2) | 10.1 |
| Mixed race/AIAN/NHPI/other | 93 (5.6) | 4.5 |
| Missing/not specified | 68 (4.1) | |
| Private or public schoold | ||
| Private | 923 (55.6) | 46.7 |
| Public | 737 (44.4) | 53.3 |
| Intended specialtye | ||
| Primary care | 803 (48.4) | -- |
| Surgical specialty | 242 (14.6) | -- |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 96 (5.8) | -- |
| Non-surgical specialty | 265 (16.0) | -- |
| Unknown/not specified | 254 (15.3) | -- |
| Political ideologyf | ||
| Conservative | 118 (7.2) | -- |
| Moderate | 199 (12.2) | -- |
| Liberal | 1271 (77.7) | -- |
| Region | ||
| Midwest | 583 (35.1) | 28.1 |
| West | 512 (30.8) | 13.0 |
| Northeast | 307 (18.5) | 27.8 |
| South | 258 (15.5) | 31.2 |
| Age | ||
| 19–24 | 539 (33.0) | -- |
| 25–27 | 706 (43.2) | -- |
| ≥28 | 388 (23.8) | -- |
Abbreviations: AIAN indicates American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Data source: Association of American Medical Colleges. Matriculating Student Questionnaire. All Schools Summary Report, 201733; and Washko et al.34 Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding. Not all 1,660 students answered all questions, so characteristic totals vary. Percentages are calculated from each characteristic total. Some national data unavailable.
Association of American Medical Colleges. Matriculating Student Questionnaire. All Schools Summary Report, 201733; data reported for White, Asian, and Black matriculants includes both Hispanic and non-Hispanic students. Hispanic status reported in addition to race/ethnicity thus total is greater than 100%.
MD with PhD, MPH, MBA, MHS, MSCR, JD, MS5 or other.
Private schools are Emory School of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine. Public schools include University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine – Twin Cities, University of Minnesota School of Medicine – Duluth.
Primary care includes family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and medicine/pediatrics. Surgical specialties include all surgical specialties except obstetrics/gynecology. Non-surgical specialties include anesthesiology, dermatology, radiology, pathology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, and radiation oncology.
Conservative status includes students who identified as somewhat conservative and conservative. Liberal status includes students who identified as somewhat liberal and liberal.