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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of trainees in Germany and Switzerland

From: The subjectively perceived quality of postgraduate medical training in integrative medicine within the public healthcare systems of Germany and Switzerland: the example of anthroposophic hospitals

 

Germany

Switzerland

Educational status

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

Year, Graduation from university

84

2003.21 (6.65)

19

2002.95 (6.81)

Years, duration of postgraduate medical education

88

4.93 (5.02)

18

3.96 (2.95)

Months, duration of working in this department

85

25.76 (26.21)

17

7.94 (4.16)

Gender

Male

Female

Male

Female

 

33 (38.4)

53 (61.6)

5 (26.3)

14 (73.7)

Intended specialty

N (valid%)

N (valid%)

Family/general internal medicine

11 (14.7)

10 (71.4)

Internal medicine (incl. subspecialties)

18 (24.0)

2 (14.3)

Gynecology & obstetrics

12 (16.0)

2 (14.3)

Pediatrics

8 (10.7)

-

Psychiatry, psychosomatics, psychotherapy.

14 (15.6)

-

others*

12 (15.8)

-

Employment

  

Full-time (95% or more)

13 (16.0)

14 (73.7)

Part-time (76-94%)

63 (77.8)

2 (10.5)

Part-time (50-75%)

5 (6.2)

3 (15.8)

Country of graduation

  

Germany

81 (94.2)

10 (52.6)

Switzerland

1 (1.2)

4 (21.1)

other

4 (4.7)**

5 (26.3)***

  1. *Anesthesiology; general, orthopedic & traumatic surgery, neurosurgery; neurology, pediatric & adolescent psychiatry, radiology: **Italy; other. ***Austria & other European Union; other.