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. 2021 Mar 30;21:189. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02591-1

Table 2.

Transfer decisions of students identifying the correct diagnosis and transferring the respective patients from A&E at weeks 2 and 6, respectively. Data are presented as percentage (n)

Shortness of breath / Stable pulmonary embolism (n = 51)
 Transfer Week 2 Week 6
 discharge 0.0 (0) 2.0 (1)
 normal ward 11.8 (6) 19.6 (10)
 intermediate care unit 35.3 (18) 58.8 (30)
 intensive care unit 49.0 (25) 17.6 (9)
 operation theatre 3.9 (2) 2.0 (1)
Headache / Hypertensive crisis (n = 58)
 Transfer Week 2 Week 6
 discharge 19.0 (11) 75.9 (44)
 normal ward 56.9 (33) 22.4 (13)
 intermediate care unit 20.7 (12) 1.7 (1)
 intensive care unit 3.4 (2) 0.0 (0)
 operation theatre 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Chest pain / NSTEMI (n = 22)
 Transfer Week 2 Week 6
 normal ward 13.6 (3) 27.3 (6)
 intermediate care unit 54.5 (12) 68.2 (15)
 intensive care unit 31.8 (7) 4.5 (1)