Table 1.
Characteristics of the research participants
| No | Sex | Specialty | Host country | Type of electives |
| 1 | M | Internal medicine | USA (NY), UK | Clinical |
| 2 | F | Rheumatology | USA (WA) | Clinical |
| 3 | F | Neurology | USA (OR) | Clinical |
| 4 | F | Paediatrics | USA (PA) | Research |
| 5 | M | Emergency | USA (OR), Brazil | Clinical |
| 6 | M | Endocrinology | USA (CA) | Clinical |
| 7 | M | Intensive care | USA (OH) | Clinical |
| 8 | M | Gastrointestinal surgery | USA (OR) | Clinical |
| 9 | M | Thoracic surgery | US (PA) | Clinical |
| 10 | M | Endocrinology | USA (PA) | Research |
| 11 | M | Haematology | USA (OR) | Clinical |
| 12 | M | Emergency | India, Nepal | Clinical |
| 13 | M | Orthopaedics | USA (MI) | Clinical |
| 14 | M | Emergency | USA (PA) | Research |
| 15 | M | Respiratory | USA (MA) | Clinical |
| 16 | M | Neurology | USA (PA) | Research |
| 17 | M | Radiology | Thailand | Clinical |
| 18 | M | Neurology | USA (MA, MN) | Clinical, Research |
| 19 | M | Health policy | USA (NY, OR) | Clinical |
| 20 | M | Cardiac surgery | Australia | Clinical |
| 21 | M | Ophthalmology | USA (CA) | Clinical |
| 22 | F | Physiology | USA (PA) | Clinical |
| 23 | F | Surgery | India | Clinical |
F, female; M, male.