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. 2005 Jul 28;6:31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-31

Table 2.

Participant Demographics (n = 268)

n (%)
Gender
  Male 230 (85.8)
Age
  Mean (range) 40.1 (25–73)
Period after graduating from med school (yrs)
  Mean (range) 14.4 (1–26)
Specialty (total response = 308)*
  General Internal Medicine 140 (45.5)
  Family Medicine 102 (33.1)
  Specialty in Internal Medicine 19 (6.2)
  General Medicine 10 (3.2)
 Surgery 8 (2.6)
  Pediatrics 8 (2.6)
  Psychiatry 6 (1.9)
  Orthopedics 5 (1.6)
  Others 10 (3.2)
Experiences of out-patient training in
 Pediatrics 160 (59.7)
 OB/GYN 99 (36.9)
Average number of patients per week
  All 142 /wk
 Reproductive women 11 /wk
Average number of patients by age
  Child (0–15) 15.3 (8.9)
  Adolescence (16–19) 9.5 (7.0)
  Adult (20–64) 43.9 (35.0)
  Elderly (65 and more) 69.5 (49.4)

*multiple responses were possible