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.