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Table 1 Short-term medical elective destinations of German-speaking medical students between 2016 and 2020: An overview.

From: German-speaking medical students on international electives: an analysis of popular elective destinations and disciplines

Destination

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Total

Australia

0

2

2

0

0

4

Barbados

0

0

1

0

0

1

Belgium

1

1

3

2

1

8

Bolivia

0

1

0

0

0

1

Brazil

0

0

0

1

0

1

Cameroon

0

0

0

2

0

2

Canada

0

0

1

1

0

2

Chile

0

0

0

1

0

1

China

0

3

2

1

1

7

Colombia

1

0

0

0

1

2

Cyprus

0

0

1

0

0

1

Czech Republic

0

0

0

1

0

1

Denmark

0

3

1

1

0

5

Ecuador

0

0

0

2

0

2

El Salvador

0

0

0

0

1

1

Estonia

0

1

0

0

0

1

Finland

0

0

0

1

0

1

France

0

2

5

1

3

11

Gambia

0

1

1

0

0

2

Ghana

0

1

0

0

0

1

Greece

0

1

0

0

0

1

Guadeloupe

0

0

0

1

1

2

Hungary

0

0

0

2

0

2

India

1

0

2

1

3

7

Indonesia

0

0

1

0

0

1

Iraq

0

0

0

0

1

1

Ireland

0

4

1

1

1

7

Israel

0

0

0

0

4

4

Italy

13

7

6

8

9

43

Ivory Coast

0

1

0

0

0

1

Japan

1

2

1

3

4

11

Jersey

0

1

0

0

0

1

Luxembourg

1

1

0

0

1

3

Malta

0

2

0

0

0

2

Martinique

0

0

0

1

0

1

Mexico

2

2

0

0

0

4

Morocco

0

1

0

0

0

1

Namibia

0

2

0

0

0

2

Nepal

1

1

2

1

0

5

Netherlands

0

0

1

0

0

1

Nicaragua

0

0

0

1

0

1

Norway

0

0

0

0

1

1

Oman

1

0

0

0

1

2

Philippines

0

0

1

0

1

2

Portugal

1

0

0

0

0

1

Réunion

1

0

0

1

0

2

Russian Federation

0

0

0

0

1

1

Samoa

0

1

0

0

0

1

South Africa

1

2

2

0

3

8

South Korea

0

0

1

0

0

1

Spain

0

2

0

7

2

11

Sweden

0

2

2

1

4

9

Taiwan

0

1

0

0

0

1

Tanzania

0

3

2

3

2

10

Thailand

0

0

1

0

1

2

Trinidad and Tobago

0

0

0

1

0

1

Tunisia

0

0

0

1

0

1

Uganda

0

1

1

0

0

2

United Kingdom

0

2

7

9

7

25

United States of America

0

0

1

1

0

2

Vietnam

0

2

1

1

3

7

Total

25

56

50

58

57

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