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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Population

From: COVID-19 pandemic partnership between medical students and isolated elders improves student understanding of older adults’ lived experience

Older Adults

Number (%a)

Medical Students

Number (%a)

Total Number

47

Total Number

29

Age

 

Age

 

65–69

1 (2)

22–26

25 (86)

70–79

33 (70)

27–34

4 (14)

80–89

10 (21)

Sex

 

90 + 

3 (6)

Female

19 (66)

Sex

 

Male

10 (35)

Female

32 (68)

Year of Medical School

 

Male

15 (32)

1st

10 (35)

Racial/ethnic group

 

2nd

9 (31)

Asian – East

1 (2)

3rd

8 (28)

Asian – South

0 (0)

4th

2 (7)

Asian – South East

2 (4)

Medical field of interestb

 

Black—African

0 (0)

Family medicine

21

Black-Caribbean

1 (2)

Internal medicine

15

Black-North American

0 (0)

Geriatrics

8

First Nations

0 (0)

Pediatrics

6

Indian-Caribbean

0 (0)

Neurosurgery/Neurology

0

Indigenous/Aboriginal

0 (0)

Dermatology

2

Inuit

0 (0)

Psychiatry

5

Latin American

1 (2)

General Surgery

3

Métis

0 (0)

Ophthalmology

0

Middle Eastern

0 (0)

Immunology

1

White-European

25 (53)

Radiology

1

White-North American

15 (32)

Orthopedics

2

Mixed heritage

1 (2)

Obstetrics/Gynecology

5

Other

0 (0)

Palliative Care

4

Do not know

0 (0)

Urology

2

Prefer not to answer

1 (2)

Endocrinology

3

Education

 

Other

0

No formal education

1 (2)

Career focus on older adults

 

High school

9 (19)

Yes

23 (82)

College

11 (23)

No

5 (18)

University

9 (19)

  

Masters

9 (19)

  

Doctorate

6 (13)

  

Other

2 (4)

  

Marital status

Single

7 (15)

  

Married

23 (49)

  

Common-law

0 (0)

  

Divorced

3 (6)

  

Widowed

14 (30)

  

Prefer not to answer

0 (0)

  
  1. a Numbers may not equal 100 due to rounding
  2. b More than one medical field could be chosen