Elmansouri, Ahmad
Curtis, Sally
Nursaw, Ceri
Smith, Daniel
Article History
Received: 5 September 2022
Accepted: 20 March 2023
First Online: 2 May 2023
Declarations
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: The authors did not need to seek formal institutional ethical approval for this study as it was a secondary data analysis of existing data. UKMED has received a letter from Queen Marys University of London Ethics of Research Committee on behalf of all UK medical schools to confirm ethics exemption for projects using exclusively UKMED data. This is in keeping with legislation: Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects ('Common Rule') Title 45 Subtitle A Subchapter A Part 46 PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS Jan. 19, 2017. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Data were anonymised before use.
: The medical schools included in this study have consented to publication. No information or images have been used that could lead to identification of a study participant therefore informed consent for participants is not applicable.
: Not applicable.