Tsikas, Stefanos A.
Afshar, Kambiz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 23 March 2022
Accepted: 3 February 2023
First Online: 16 March 2023
Declarations
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: This study does not constitute research with human subjects in a clinical sense. All administrative data used in this retrospective study contain strictly educational outcomes. Only pseudonymised data was analysed. All students at Hannover Medical School (MHH) gave consent, by agreeing to the MHH’s study regulations (Sect. 14, para. 1–5, <i>‘Immatrikulationsordnung’</i>), that personal data may be used for evaluation/research and quality assurance purposes. This is in accordance with the Higher Education Act (in particular Sect. 17, para. 3 <i>NHG</i> and Sect. 3, para. 1, cl. 1 <i>NHG</i>) in Lower Saxony, Germany. The study regulations have passed all governing bodies at MHH. Said regulations render a separate approval by an ethics committee unnecessary. The research presented here is in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.