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. 2013 Feb 13;13:25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-25

Table 1.

Residents’ characteristics

Country   Netherlands
Denmark
Australia
Canada
(n = 168) (n = 625) (n = 178) (n = 163)
Gender (Number(%))
Male
56 (33.3)
227 (36.3)
77 (43.3)
81 (49.7)
Female
112 (66.7)
398 (63.7)
101 (56.7)
82 (50.3)
Age (years) (Mean (SD))
 
30.3 (3.0)
34.2 (4.3)
27.2 (3.8)
29.2 (3.9)
Specialty (Number(%))
Anesthesiology
15 (8.9)
45 (7.2)
4 (2.2)
6 (3.7)
Clinical biochemistry
1 (0.6)
10 (1.6)
 
1 (0.6)
Clinical genetics
3 (1.8)
 
 
 
Clinical microbiology
 
8 (1.3)
 
1 (0.6)
Clinical pharmacology
 
6 (1.0)
 
 
Dermatology
6 (3.6)
11 (1.8)
1 (0.6)
2 (1.2)
ENT medicine
3 (1.8)
10 (1.6)
 
9 (5.5)
Emergency department
4 (2.4)
 
40 (22.5)
7 (4.3)
General medicine
 
87 (13.9)
22 (12.4)
34 (20.7)
Geriatrics
 
6 (1.0)
6 (3.4)
 
Forensic medicine
 
3 (0.5)
 
 
Internal medicine
24 (14.3)
166 (26.6)
16 (9.0)
39 (23.8)
Intensive care
 
 
5 (2.8)
1 (0.6)
Medical rehabilitation
1 (0.6)
 
4 (2.2)
 
Neurology (surgery)
7 (4.2)
 
4 (2.2)
1 (0.6)
Nuclear medicine
 
36 (5.8)
 
 
Obstetrics&Gynecology
31 (18.5)
8 (1.3)
6 (3.4)
6 (3.7)
Occupational medicine
 
26 (4.2)
1 (0.6)
 
Ophthalmology
5 (3.0)
3 (0.5)
 
1 (0.6)
Orthopedic surgery
5 (3.0)
10 (1.6)
6 (3.4)
7 (4.3)
Pathology and cytology
5 (3.0)
37 (5.9)
 
3 (1.8)
Pediatrics
36 (21.4)
9 (1.4)
5 (2.8)
10 (6.1)
Psychiatry
2 (1.2)
23 (3.7)
8 (4.5)
11 (6.7)
Public health
 
50 (8.0)
 
1 (0.6)
Quality&Safety
 
6 (1.0)
2 (1.1)
 
Radiology
8 (4.8)
 
 
6 (3.7)
Surgery
4 (2.4)
19 (3.0)
32 (18.0)
13 (7.9)
Urology
3 (1.3)
33 (5.3)
1 (0.6)
3 (1.8)
Not-stated*
5 (3.0)
13 (2.1)
15 (8.4)
1 (0.6)
Years since graduation (Mean (SD))
 
4.9 (2.8)
6.0 (4.2)
2.5 (2.5)
3.2 (2.7)
Previous management Training (Number(%))
Yes
26 (15.5)
545 (87.2)
26 (14.6)
22 (13.5)
No
142 (84.5)
80 (12.8)
152 (85.4)
141 (86.5)
Previous management experience (Number(%)) Yes
98 (58.3)
240 (38.4)
78 (43.8)
91 (55.8)
No 70 (41.7) 385 (61.6) 100 (56.2) 72 (44.2)

*Not-stated: the question was not answered or the answer was incomprehensible.