Table 3.

Characteristics of participating registrars

Registrar characteristic		Registrars who participated in survey and interviews N = 16	Registrars who participated in survey only N = 10	Total registrars N = 26
Age	25–34 years	10	6	16
	35–44 years	5	3	8
	> 44 years	1	1	2
Gender	Female	11	8	19
	Male	5	2	7
Post-graduate year	1–4 years	6	4	10
	5–7 years	8	3	11
	8–10 years	1	2	3
	11–15 years	1	1	2
Experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health	Nil	8	4	12
	< 1 year	4	4	8
	1–3 years	3	1	4
	> 3 years	1	1	1
Medical degree	Preferred not to state	1	0	1
	An Australian University in Queensland (the state where the research was conducted)	11	5	16
	Other Australian university	4	2	6
	International university	0	3	3
Time lived in Australia	6–10 years	5	2	7
	11–15 years	1	1	2
	> 15 years but not all their life	2	1	3
	All their life	8 (including 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registrars)	6	14