Table 1 Characteristics of General Practitioners who participated in Continuing Medical Education program evaluation surveys
Program delivery method | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Face-to-face | Online | |||
Large group | Small groupa | Total | ||
Characteristics | (n, %) | (n, %) | (n, %) | (n, %) |
Age in years (n = 1311) | ||||
< 35 | 23, 8.7 | 207, 46.5 | 96, 15.9 | 326, 24.9 |
35 to 44 | 45, 17.0 | 91, 20.4 | 191, 31.7 | 327, 24.9 |
45 to 54 | 64, 24.2 | 59, 13.3 | 149, 24.8 | 272, 20.7 |
55 to 64 | 65, 24.6 | 50, 11.2 | 93, 15.4 | 208, 15.9 |
65+ | 67, 25.4 | 38, 8.5 | 73, 12.1 | 178, 13.6 |
Sex (n = 1309) | ||||
Female | 127, 48.1 | 267, 60.3 | 276, 45.8 | 670, 51.2 |
Male | 137, 51.9 | 176, 39.7 | 326, 54.2 | 639, 48.8 |
Working status (n = 1286) | ||||
Working full-time | 149, 60.1 | 335, 76.8 | 398, 66.1 | 882, 68.6 |
Working part-time | 99, 39.9 | 101, 23.2 | 204, 33.9 | 404, 31.4 |
Years in practice (n = 1326) | ||||
< 5 | 25, 9.6 | 210, 47.7 | 143, 22.8 | 378, 28.5 |
5 to 10 | 28, 10.8 | 90, 20.5 | 152, 24.3 | 270, 20.4 |
11 to 15 | 29, 11.2 | 21, 4.8 | 87, 13.9 | 137, 10.3 |
16 to 20 | 26, 10.0 | 25, 5.7 | 59, 9.4 | 110, 8.3 |
> 20 | 152, 58.5 | 94, 21.4 | 185, 29.6 | 431, 32.5 |
Practice profile (n = 1262) | ||||
Solo GPb | 28, 11.4 | 39, 9.4 | 84, 14.0 | 151, 12.0 |
2 to 5 GPs | 101, 41.2 | 141, 34.0 | 302, 50.2 | 544, 43.1 |
6+ GPs | 116, 47.3 | 235, 56.6 | 216, 35.9 | 567, 44.9 |
Ruralityc (n = 1251) | ||||
Major city | 150, 62.8 | 215, 51.3 | 435, 73.4 | 800, 63.9 |
Regional | 87, 36.4 | 198, 47.3 | 151, 25.5 | 436, 35 |
Remote | 2, 0.8 | 6, 1.4 | 7, 1.2 | 15, 1.1 |