Table 1.
Demographics of survey respondents
| Respondents, n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender (%) | |
| Male | 186 (29.5) |
| Female | 437 (69.4) |
| Other | 7 (1.1) |
| Age (years) (%) | |
| 18–21 | 382 (54.5) |
| 22–25 | 277 (39.5) |
| 26–29 | 32 (4.6) |
| 30+ | 10 (1.4) |
| Type of enrolment (%) | |
| Direct-entry | 568 (79.3) |
| Graduate-entry | 146 (20.7) |
| Year level (%) | |
| 1 | 133 (18.9) |
| 2a | 169 (24.0) |
| 3 | 117 (16.6) |
| 4 | 137 (19.5) |
| 5 | 109 (15.5) |
| Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) | 35 (5.0) |
| PhD | 4 (0.6) |
| Type of medical place (%) | |
| Commonwealth Supported Place | 362 (51.4) |
| Bonded Medical Place | 136 (19.3) |
| Extended Rural Cohort | 53 (7.5) |
| Full Fee Paying | 153 (21.7) |
a Direct-entry students are referred to as years one through to five, whereas graduate-entry students are referred to as years A through to D. For presentation purposes, direct-entry and graduate-entry students were grouped together by their relevant year level (e.g. 2nd year direct-entry and 1st year graduate-entry students [Year A] at Monash University are both labelled as “Year 2”)