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Table 1 Patients, chief complaints, and student involvement in the two hospitals

From: The role of emergency medicine clerkship e-Portfolio to monitor the learning experience of students in different settings: a prospective cohort study

Categories

Tawam Hospital N = 2903 (%)

Al Ain Hospital N = 2184 (%)

Total N (%)

P value

Patient gender

   

< 0.0001

 Male

1416 (48.8)

1234 (56.5)

2650 (52.1)

 

 Female

1487 (51.2)

950 (43.5)

2437 (47.9)

 

Patient age

25.0 (0.08–112)

36.0 (0.08–106)

 

< 0.0001

Patient age category

   

< 0.0001

 0–17

1159 (39.9)

228 (10.4)

  

 18–65

1304 (44.9)

1673 (76.6)

 

 > 65

440 (15.2)

283 (13.0)

 

Chief complaints n (%)

   

< 0.0001

 Abdominal pain

476 (16.4)

562 (25.7)

1038 (20.4)

 

 Chest pain

199 (6.9)

261 (12.0)

460 (9.0)

 Respiratory distress

234 (8.1)

118 (5.4)

352 (6.9)

 Fever in child

271 (9.3)

1 (0.0)

272 (5.3)

 Headache

129 (4.4)

107 (4.9)

236 (4.6)

 Major trauma

80 (2.8)

147 (6.7)

227 (4.5)

 Altered mental status

75 (2.6)

63 (2.9)

138 (2.7)

 Poisoning

20 (0.7)

22 (1.0)

42 (0.8)

 Shock

25 (0.9)

16 (0.7)

41 (0.8)

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

19 (0.7)

17 (0.8)

36 (0.7)

 Cardiac arrest

18 (0.6)

11 (0.5)

29 (0.6)

 Others

1357 (46.7)

859 (39.3)

2216 (43.6)

Student involvement n (%)

   

< 0.0001

 Observation

321 (11.1)

167 (7.6)

488 (9.6)

 

 Partial

793 (27.3)

638 (29.2)

1431 (28.1)

 Full

1789 (61.6)

1531 (63.1)

3168 (62.3)

Shift time

   

< 0.0001

 Day

594 (20.5)

500 (22.9)

1094 (21.5)

 

 Prime

1068 (38.8)

862 (39.5)

1930 (37.9)

 Evening

1137 (39.2)

279 (12.8)

1416 (27.8)

 Night

104 (3.6)

543 (24.9)

647 (12.7)

Location

   

< 0.0001

 Resuscitation

633 (21.8)

481 (22.0)

1114 (21.9)

 

 Fast track

795 (27.4)

26 (1.2)

821 (16.1)

 Urgent care

849 (29.2)

1667 (76.8)

2526 (49.7)

 Pediatric

626 (21.6)

0 (0.0)

626 (12.3)

  1. Data are presented as median (range) for patient age and number (%). P value using Mann–Whitney U test, Pearson’s chi-square, or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate