Table 1 Participant demographics
From: Student empathy levels across 12 medical and health professions: an interventional study
| Variable | Descriptor | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 226 | 77.1 |
| Male | 67 | 22.9 | |
| University | Monash | 230 | 78.5 |
| ECU | 38 | 13.0 | |
| UniSA | 23 | 7.8 | |
| Deakin | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Student course | Nursing | 59 | 20.1 |
| Paramedic | 55 | 18.8 | |
| Dietetics | 47 | 16 | |
| Occupational Therapy | 29 | 9.9 | |
| Nursing/paramedics | 27 | 9.2 | |
| Medicine | 18 | 6.1 | |
| Radiography | 17 | 5.8 | |
| Radiation therapy | 14 | 4.8 | |
| Midwifery | 11 | 3.8 | |
| Physiotherapy | 8 | 2.7 | |
| Biomedical | 5 | 1.7 | |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1 | |
| Year level | Year 1 | 123 | 42.0 |
| Year 2 | 81 | 27.6 | |
| Year 3 | 54 | 18.4 | |
| Year 4 | 27 | 9.2 | |
| Year 5 | 8 | 2.7 |