Academic research productivity of post-graduate students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda, from 1996 to 2010: a retrospective review

Table 1 Characteristics of post-graduate students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, 1996–2010, N = 1172

Characteristic	N (%)
Age (mean, SD)	32 (5.2)^a
Sex (female)	360 (31)
Married	569 (49)
Basic sciences Master’s degree^d	127 (10)
Clinical Master’s degree
MMed Paediatrics	118 (10)
MMed Internal medicine^b	155 (13)
MMed Surgery^c	200 (17)
MMed Obstetrics and gynaecology	117 (10)
Public health/research degree
MPH	363 (31)
MHSR	16 (1)
MSc EpiBio	76 (6)
Period of registration
1996–2000	246 (21)
2001–2005	475 (41)
2006–2010	451 (38)
Sponsorship
Funded (Agency)	570 (49)
Self-funded or not reported	602 (51)

^aAll values are frequencies and proportions are in parentheses, except for the variable ‘Age’, where the mean and standard deviation are depicted
^bIncludes MMed Psychiatry and MMed Family Medicine
^cIncludes dentistry and surgical sub-specialties (ophthalmology, ear nose and throat)
^dMMed/MSc basic sciences includes anatomy, anaesthesiology, clinical psychology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and radiology; these have been grouped together due to their low admission numbers
MMed Masters of Medicine, MPH Masters of Public Health, MHSR Masters Health Services Research, MSc Master of Science, EpiBio Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

ISSN: 1478-4505