Table 3.
Participants interviewed by intervention, professional role and characteristics
| Characteristic | Profession | Intervention | |||
| Surgeon | Pathologist | Educational presentation | Opinion leader strategy | Performance data | |
| Whole group (n = 34) | 17 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Hospitals (n = 11) | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Eligible | --- | --- | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Participating | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Profession | |||||
| Surgeon | 17 | --- | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Pathologist | --- | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Female | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Age | |||||
| 30–39 | 5 | --- | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 40–49 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 50–59 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 60–69 | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | --- |
| Year license | |||||
| Median (range) | 1992 (1978,2004) | 1988 (1967,1993) | 1989 (1981,2004) | 1993 (1967,2002) | 1991 (1979,1999) |
| Collegial interaction | |||||
| Internal networking | |||||
| At least once per month | 10 | 3 | --- | 7 | 6 |
| At least once per year | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Never | --- | 2 | 1 | 1 | --- |
| External networking | |||||
| At least once per month | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| At least once per year | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Never | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |