Table 1. Respondent demographics.
| Variable | N = 86a | |
| Sexb | ||
| Male | 45 (52.9) | |
| Female | 40 (47.1) | |
| Specialty | ||
| General Practice | 34 (40.5) | |
| General Internal Medicine | 4 (4.8) | |
| Infectious Diseases | 43 (51.1) | |
| Medical Microbiology | 1 (1.2) | |
| Infectious Diseases/Microbiology | 1 (1.2) | |
| Public Health Specialist | 1 (1.2) | |
| Predominant type of practice setting | ||
| Private | 14 (16.5) | |
| Community | 6 (7.1) | |
| Academic | 52 (61.2) | |
| Community Health Centre | 6 (7.1) | |
| Sexual Health Clinic | 4 (4.7) | |
| Walk-in Clinic | 1 (1.2) | |
| Public Health | 2 (2.4) | |
| Region of Practice | ||
| British Columbia | 7 (8.2) | |
| Prairies | 8 (9.4) | |
| Ontario | 52 (61.2) | |
| Quebec | 11 (12.9) | |
| Atlantic | 7 (8.2) | |
| Years in Practice | 11.5 (5,20) | |
| More than 50% of time spent on clinical work | 45 (52.3) | |
| Proportion HIV-positive patients | 10 (2,40) | |
| Proportion HIV-negative patients at high risk of acquisition | 10 (5,20) | |
| Self identified expert in HIV care | 46 (53.5) | |
| Physicians serving substantial populations of following high-risk individuals | ||
| People from HIV-endemic countries | 59 (95.2) | |
| MSM | 55 (90.2) | |
| Intravenous drug users | 46 (90.2) | |
| First Nations populations | 28 (84.9) | |
| Commercial sex workers | 27 (73.0) | |
| Incarcerated individuals | 17 (65.4) | |
a
Responses may not sum to 86 due to missing values.
b
Values shown are number (percentage) or median (IQR).