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. 2012 Aug 28;12:283. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-283

Table 2.

Practitioner years of experience and specialized expertise by practitioner type

 
Percent of Practitioners
  Total Psychiatrist Psychologist Social Worker Nurse Counselor
Post Training Experience (years)*
0 to 5
14.6
6.1
11.9
13.7
17.4
29.9
6 to 10
19.9
12.9
16.9
22.3
18.8
24.3
11 to 15
20.1
15.6
19.9
22.8
12.0
21.8
16 to 20
15.1
12.8
18.0
16.1
10.0
11.6
21 to 25
12.4
13.1
15.5
12.2
9.5
6.9
25 or more
14.2
28.6
14.4
10.0
28.4
3.3
Unknown
4.6
10.9
3.5
3.0
3.9
2.3
Mean Post-Training
15.3
20.4
16.0
14.3
17.6
10.5
Experience (SD)*
(9.4)
(11.1)
(8.8)
(8.2)
(11.9)
(7.0)
Specialized Training
Children 0-12*
41.0
25.0
48.6
42.0
23.6
45.5
Adolescents*
61.1
40.9
69.0
64.2
43.1
66.6
Marital/Family* 66.8 23.9 77.1 77.3 46.5 81.5

Sections within columns add to 100% only for post training experience categories.

*p < .001 for all pairwise comparisons of practitioner types.