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Table 1 Description of the participants– Teachers and students BSc health sciences internship

From: Experiences of soft skills development and assessment by health sciences students and teachers: a qualitative study

Characteristics

Teachers N = 10

Students N = 6

Sex

  

Female

Male

9 (90%)

1 (10%)

6 (100%)

0 (0%)

Supervising experience in years

  

0–10 years

2 (20%)

NA

11–20 years

5 (50%)

 

Unknown

3 (30%)

 

No. of supervised students over the years

  

0–25

1 (10%)

NA

25–50

3 (30%)

 

> 50

5 (50%)

 

Unknown

1 (10)

 

Internship characteristics a

  

Internalb

6 (60%)

4 (66.7%)

Externalc

3 (30%)

2 (33.3%)

Both

1 (10%)

0 (0%)

Groupd

4 (40%)

4 (66.7%)

Individuallye

6 (60%)

2 (33.3%)

Qualitativef

1 (10%)

2 (33.3%)

Quantitativeg

5 (50%)

4 (66.7%)

Both

4 (40%)

0 (0%)

  1. a. Multiple answers were possible
  2. b. Internal internship: internship was performed within the VUA or Amsterdam University Medical Center
  3. c. External internship: internship was performed at an external scientific organisation, supervised by a VUA teacher and an one-site teacher, who has at least a PhD
  4. d. Group internship: a group of students have the same main topic or research project, where the execution of the internship is done with the group, but with an individual research question and thesis
  5. e. Individual internship: student is the only student within that topic with that teacher, executes the internship individually
  6. f. Qualitative internship: Internship with a qualitative data analysis, often using focus groups or interviews.
  7. g. Quantitative internship: Internship with quantitative data analysis, using statistical models