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. 2012 Jan 31;64(1):42–52. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2010-39

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics

Characteristics % of work time*
Province; no. of participants
 Ontario 6
 Newfoundland 4
 Quebec 4
 British Columbia 3
 Saskatchewan 2
 New Brunswick 1
 Alberta 1
Average time spent in various roles
 Patient care 62.3
 Administration 25.7
 Teaching 10.9
 Other 1.9
 Research 1.3
Average time spent in each patient care setting‡
 Acute care 30.0
 In-patient rehabilitation 28.0
 Public outpatient orthopaedics 24.7
 Other 9.3
 Private outpatient orthopaedics 5.0
 Homecare 3.3
 Palliative care 2.2
 Complex continuing care 2.0
Average time spent in each clinical area of practice‡
 Orthopaedics 70.6
 Cardiology 45.0
 Medicine 37.5
 Other 30.0
 Neurology 26.7
 Gerontology 18.5
 Paediatrics 7.0

Note: Values do not total 100% because multiple responses were allowed.

*

Unless otherwise indicated.

n=21.

n=15.