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Table 1.

Types of third-year project taken by the students in the years 2015–2016, and 2016–2017

	‘Wet-lab’ Project^a	‘Whole-body’ Research Project^b	Computational Project^c	Critical Review Project^d	Survey Project^e
Number of students (n = 256)	125	57	28	23	23

Footnotes

^aLaboratory bench work; molecular/cell-culture etc.

^bProject centred on taking measurements from volunteers

^cInvolving computer analysis of biomedical data such as DNA and/or protein sequences. This category includes the OncoSim option

^dHypothesis-driven critical review/meta-analysis of the literature in a specific area within the biosciences

^eA survey into some aspect of public health / biomedical sciences to gather information about people’s attitudes and understanding