Table 1 Characteristics of the medical (n = 511) and the nursing students (n = 394)

Sex, female

350

68.5

334

84.8

Year of study

1

2

3

4

5

6

> 6

99

100

86

56

50

80

40

19.4

19.6

16.8

11.0

9.8

15.7

7.8

147

117

119

11^#

-

-

-

37.3

29.7

30.2

2.8^#

-

-

-

I have attended the academic course in psychiatry*

160

31.3

123

31.2

I liked the academic course in psychiatry

155^a

96.9^a

116^b

94.3^b

I have attended clerkship in psychiatry/mental health*

158

30.9

24

6.1

I liked clerkship in psychiatry/mental health

79^c

50.0^c

18^d

75.0^d

I might consider psychiatry as a career choice / I might consider working in a mental health service after graduation

169

33.1

138

35.0

I started medical school to take a residency in psychiatry / I started nursing school to become a mental health nurse

24

4.7

14

3.6

mean

sd

mean

sd

Age (years) (10 missing for medical students)

23.6

3.2

24.0

5.8