Table 1.
Demographics of the participants.
| Gender | Country | Pre-University program | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Local | International | A-levels | Ausmat* | FIS* | UEC* | STPM* | Matriculation | Others | |
| FGD 1 (biomedical science) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FGD 2 (medical biotechnology) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FGD 3 (nutrition & dietetics) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FGD 4 (pharmacy) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FGD 5 (medicine) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
*
AUSMAT, Australian Matriculation; FIS, Foundation in Science; UEC, Unified Examination Certificate; STPM, Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia.