Table 1 Characteristics of participants to assess health professions students’ perspectives regarding three aspects of their roles in universities of medical sciences
Characteristics of participating students | Characteristic | Level of variable | Psychometric study (n = 38*) | Cross-sectional study (n = 626) |
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Gender | Male | 15(40%) | 298(47.6%) | |
Female | 23(60%) | 328(52.4%) | ||
Age(years) | ≤ 20 | 0(0%) | 23(3.7%) | |
21–25 | 20(53%) | 294(47%) | ||
26–30 | 18(47%) | 155(24.8%) | ||
> 30 | 0(0%) | 154(24.6%) | ||
Educational level | Bachelor | 2(5%) | 52(8.3%) | |
Master | 10(26%) | 64(10.2%) | ||
Doctorate | 14(37%) | 266(42.5%) | ||
Residency | 3(8%) | 102(16.3%) | ||
PhD | 9(24%) | 142(22.7%) | ||
Major of study | Medicine | 18(47%) | 204(32.6%) | |
Dentistry | 7(19%) | 158(25.2%) | ||
Others | 13(34%) | 264(42.2%) | ||
Year of study | Two years and less | 6(16%) | 146(23.3%) | |
More than two years | 32(84%) | 476(76.7%) | ||
Characteristics of participating faculty members | Characteristic | Level of variable | Psychometric study (n = 25**) | |
Gender | Male | 16(64%) | ||
Female | 9(36%) | |||
Work experience (Years) | Ten years and less | 6(24%) | ||
Twenty years and less | 12(48%) | |||
More than twenty years | 7(28%) | |||
Academic rank | Assistant professor | 8(32%) | ||
Associate professor | 10(40%) | |||
Professor | 7(28%) | |||
School | Medicine | 11(44%) | ||
Dentistry | 4(16%) | |||
Others | 10(40%) |