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Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

Sociodemographic characteristics n = 132
Sex n (%)
- Female 95 (72,0)
- Male 37 (28,0)
Median
Age (y) (min-max)
25 (24-37)
School where the medical course was completed n (%)
- School of Medicine – University of Minho 7 (5,3)
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto 15 (11,4)
- Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade do Porto 22 (16,7)
- Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de Coimbra 29 (22,0)
- Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior 10 (7,6)
- Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de Lisboa 22 (16,7)
- Nova Medical School/ Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa 18 (13,6)
- Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade do Algarve 2 (1,5)
- School abroad 7 (5,3)
Year in which the medical course ended n (%)
2015 - 2018 3 (2,3)
2019 - 2021 129 (97,7)
ARS where the intern is doing the IFG n (%)
- North 51 (38,6)
- Center 25 (18,9)
- Lisbon and Vale do Tejo 35 (26,5)
- Alentejo 1 (0,8)
- Algarve 10 (7,6)
- Autonomous Region Madeira 7 (5,3)
- Autonomous Region of Azores 3 (2,3)

Abbreviations: ARS, Regional Health Authority; IFG, Internato de Formação Geral.

Curricular” - UC) that included the training (standard deviation [SD]=1.283). There was no
in tracheostomy, 41.7% (10/24) participants significant difference in the mean number of
indicated otorhinolaryngology, 20.8% (5/24) correct answers between the participants who
answered “Don’t know/ No answer”, and the received training in tracheostomy during the
remaining 37.5% (9/24) mentioned other medical course and those who did not (Table
UCs, predominantly intensive medicine 2). In addition, there was no difference in the
and anesthesiology (Figure 1). With regard mean number of correct answers according
to having had contact with patients with a to the type of training (theoretical alone vs.
tracheostomy during IFG, 49.2% (65/132) of the theoretical with some practical component).
participants answered “Yes” and the remaining There was no statistically significant difference
answered “No”. In the majority of cases, contact in the mean number of correct answers
with patients with a tracheostomy occurred (Table 2) of doctors who had contact with
in the context of hospitalization (n=53; 81.5%), tracheostomized patients during IFG and
followed by the emergency department (n=9; those of doctors who did not.
13.8%) and outpatient clinic (n=3; 4.6%). The Moreover, a comparison of the mean number
distribution of the answers to the questions of correct answers according to the school
regarding the participants’ knowledge about where the medical studies were completed did
tracheostomy is shown in Figure 2. not show a statistically significant difference
The mean number of correct answers was 4.60 (p=0.383).

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