Table 1.
Participant demographics and characteristics
| Quantitative strand | Total (N = 138) |
|---|---|
| Clinical role | |
| Attending physician | 53 (38) |
| Pharmacist | 45 (33) |
| In-training physician (fellow) | 20 (15) |
| Advanced practice provider (nurse practitioner/physician’s assistant) | 19 (14) |
| Other | 1 (1) |
| Years of experiencea | |
| 0 years (still in training) | 19 (15) |
| 1 to 5 years | 39 (31) |
| 6 to 10 years | 24 (19) |
| 11 to 20 years | 32 (25) |
| Greater than 20 years | 14 (11) |
| Practice environmenta, b | |
| Critical care | 90 (71) |
| Infectious diseases | 26 (21) |
| Other | 10 (8) |
| Average daily censusa | |
| 0 to 5 patients | 8 (6) |
| 6 to 10 patients | 21 (17) |
| 11 to 15 patients | 53 (42) |
| 16 to 20 patients | 15 (12) |
| 21 to 25 patients | 11 (9) |
| 26 to 30 patients | 5 (4) |
| Greater than 30 patients | 13 (10) |
| Qualitative strand | Total (N = 30) |
| Clinical role | |
| Attending physician | 7 (23) |
| Pharmacist | 12 (40) |
| In training physician | 1 (3) |
| Advanced practice provider (nurse practitioner/physician’s assistant) | 4 (13) |
| Bedside nurse | 4 (13) |
| Laboratory personnel | 2 (7) |
| Practice environment | |
| Critical care | 26 (87) |
| Infectious diseases | 2 (7) |
| Other | 2 (7) |
| Sex | |
| Woman | 15 (50) |
| Man | 15 (50) |
| Career stage | |
| Early (<5 years from terminal training) | 7 (23) |
| Middle (5–15 years from terminal training) | 9 (30) |
| Late (>15 years from terminal training) | 14 (47) |
a:
Data available for 126 of 138 respondents, which is the denominator for calculated percentages
b:
Survey was distributed to 544 individuals affiliated with critical care and 89 affiliated with infectious diseases