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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2022 Jul 7;31(6):1330–1340. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1607

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents.

Respondents were asked to self-identify their gender, profession, level of training, and years passed since last full-time post graduate training.

Characteristic % Responding
Gender
Female 80/109 (73.4%)
Male 27/109 (24.8%)
Prefer not to answer 2/109 (1.8%)
Profession
Genetic counselor 24/109 (22%)
  ○ Student 8/24 (33.3%)
  ○ Practicing genetic counselor 16/24 (66.7%)
PhD scientist 9/109 (8.3%)
  ○ Trainee 1/9 (11.1%)
  ○ Researcher 3/9 (33.3%)
  ○ Lab director 5/9 (55.6%)
Medicine 76/109 (69.7%)
  ○ Medical student 40/76 (52.6%)
  ○ Intern/Resident 4/76 (5.3%)
     ■ OBGYN 4/4 (100%)
  ○ Clinical/Post-doctoral fellow 1/76 (1.3%)
     ■ REI 1/1 (100%)
  ○ Attending 31/76 (40.8%)
     ■ OBGYN 19/31 (61.3%)
     ■ Genetics 9/31 (29%)
     ■ Other 3/31 (9.7%)
Years passed since last full-time training
Still in training 54/109 (49.5%)
0–5 years 17/109 (15.6%)
6–10 years 10/109 (9.2%)
11–15 years 7/109 (6.4%)
16–20 years 8/109 (7.3%)
21+ years 13/109 (11.9%)

Abbreviations: PhD, Doctor of Philosophy; OBGYN, Obstetrician Gynecologist; REI, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.