Characteristics of the students who answered the follow-up questionnaire about the course on scientific writing (27 iterations in Spain, 2004–2013)
| Total | Students who went on to collaborate in preparing a paper for publication | P value | |
| Trainees, n | 182 | 145 | |
| Age, mean (SD) (years) | 39.1 (9.4) | 38.8 (9.6) | 0.849* |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Women | 131 (72.0) | 103 (71.0) | 0.902† |
| Men | 51 (28.0) | 42 (29.0) | |
| Field of degree, n (%) | |||
| Medicine | 66 (36.3) | 56 (38.4) | 0.981† |
| Pharmacy | 21 (11.5) | 17 (11.6) | |
| Biology | 20 (11.0) | 15 (10.3) | |
| Others | 75 (41.2) | 58 (39.7) | |
| Main type of research, n (%) | |||
| Clinical research | 41 (22.5) | 37 (25.3) | 0.036† |
| Basic research | 95 (52.2) | 89 (61.0) | |
| Others | 46 (25.3) | 20 (13.7) |
↵*Student’s t-test.
†χ2 test.