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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Aug;55(2):131–135. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31824ee535

TABLE 2.

Programs’ Demographics.

USA Canada Mexico

Number of Program Responses (% of total) 36 (72%) 4 (57%) 3 (60%)

Number of Programs per Region:
South 9
Northeast 12
Midwest 13
West 2

Number of Fellows per Program 4.7 ± 3.0# 12, 5, 1, 3* 8, 4, 5*

Number of Faculty per Program:
MD 7.4 ± 6.5 8, 5, 6, 0 4
MD/PhD and PhD 0.8 ± 1.9 3, 1, 0, 1 0
Masters 0.6 ± 2.5 1, 1, 1, 4 2

Percentage of Programs with a Nutrition Board Certified Educator:
MD 42.4 0 0
MD/PhD and PhD 6.2 2 0
RD 54.5 25.0 0
#

Mean ± SD

*

For programs in Canada and Mexico, all data are presented

Only 1 Mexican program provided information regarding the academic degrees of its faculty