Table 1.
Sample of Medical Students by Sex and by Academic Year
| Academic Year | Female | Male | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Foundation phase (n=155, 18.1%) | Introductory year | 111 | 71.6 | 44 | 28.4 | 155 |
| Pre-clinical phase (n=248, 29.0%) | First year | 114 | 77.5 | 33 | 22.5 | 147 |
| Second year | 66 | 65.4 | 35 | 34.6 | 101 | |
| Para-clinical phase (n=151, 17.6%) | Third year | 106 | 70.2 | 45 | 29.8 | 151 |
| Para-clinical + clinical phase (n=180, 21.0%) | Fourth year | 113 | 62.8 | 67 | 37.2 | 180 |
| Clinical phase (n=122, 14.3%) | Final year | 91 | 74.6 | 31 | 25.4 | 122 |
| Total | 601 | 70.2 | 255 | 29.8 | 856 | |