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. 2024 Aug 21;24:900. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05886-1

Table 1.

Participant socio-demographics

Participant Socio-demographics Percentage (n)
Age (yrs)
18–29 5.2% (8)
30–39 18.3% (28)
40–49 31.4% (48)
50–59 27.5% (42)
60–69 17.0% (26)
≥ 70 0.7% (1)
Sex
Male 60.8% (93)
Female 39.2% (60)
Highest Qualification
Bachelors 44.4% (68)
Post Grad Degree 24.2% (37)
Masters 24.2% (37)
PhD 7.2% (11)
Length of Service (yrs)
< 1 9.8% (15)
1–5 58.2% (89)
5–10 22.2% (34)
> 10 9.8% (15)
Course(s) Taught
Medicine 36.7% (58)
Medical Imaging 10.1% (16)
Optometry 50.6% (80)
Other 2.5% (4)
Teaching Activities
Delivering lectures 10.5% (29)
Delivering tutorials 22.0% (61)
Clinical Skills Teacher 28.5% (79)
Supervising students providing clinical care 38.3% (106)
Research Training 0.7% (2)
Paid Appointment
Yes 39.9% (61)
No 60.1% (92)

Categories ‘courses taught’ and ‘teaching activities’ have total numbers greater than 153 as multiple options could be chosen.