Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants (n=44)

	Frequency (%)
Practice setting
Academic/university	29 (65.9%)
Community/private practice	1 (2.3%)
Business	1 (2.3%)
Government/publically funded	9 (20.5%)
Other	4 (9.1%)
Highest educational attainment (n=43)
Bachelor’s degree	2 (4.7%)
Doctorate of philosophy	10 (23.3%)
Master’s degree	4 (9.3%)
Medical degree	22 (51.2%)
Other	5 (11.6%)
Field of training
Allied health	1 (2.3%)
Nursing	7 (15.9%)
Medicine	30 (68.2%)
Other	6 (13.6%)
Career publications
0	3 (6.8%)
1–5	18 (40.9%)
6–10	5 (11.4%)
11–15	6 (13.6%)
≥16	12 (27.3%)
Total publications in healthcare improvement (n=39)
0	15 (38.5%)
1–5	17 (43.6%)
6–10	4 (10.3%)
11–15	1 (2.6%)
≥16	2 (5.1%)
Ever-used SQUIRE Guidelines
Yes	26 (59.1%)
No	18 (40.9%)
Ever-used other Guidelines
Yes	25 (56.8%)
No	19 (43.2%)

Frequencies may not sum to the total due to missing data.

SQUIRE, Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence.