In the first part of this series we have reported about the mobility patterns of our sample and the differences in the amount of completed electives, which ranged from 'no electives completed abroad' to three electives completed abroad [ 4].
Students were categorized as having completed at least one overseas elective in a low or middle income country (LMIC) setting, or as having completed electives only in high income country (HIC) settings, which included electives completed in Australia or overseas.
One hundred forty-two children, aged between 5 and 11 years old, undergoing elective otolaryngology surgery completed the study.
For example, students' level of motivation for academic study, professors' enthusiasm or teaching styles, and the elective biology courses completed by students in the two groups may have influenced the observed outcomes.
completed electives in surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, or psychiatry (N, % and chi-square test, p-values).
33.0% of all respondents (370/1126) declared at least one international health elective and of these, 36.0% (133/370) completed their electives in developing countries.
Fourteen students completed the elective, seven for each year it was given.
This is especially true in the present hospital practice, where many elective surgeries are rapidly completed, sometimes even on an outpatient basis.
In a cross-sectional, descriptive design using a convenience sample, visitors of patients having elective or emergency surgery completed a survey of five update/visitation options and visitor characteristics.
The mean number of days between having completed the elective and completing the questionnaire was 235 days (interquartile range 121 to 325 days, range 2 to 638 days).
