Table 2.
Resident demographics
| Resident demographics (n=33) | |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 28.6 (3.4) Total range: 24–40 |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Female | 16 (48.5) |
| Male | 17 (51.5) |
| Postgraduate year, n (%) | |
| One | 8 (24.2) |
| Two | 7 (21.2) |
| Three | 18 (54.5) |
| Residency training programme, n (%) | |
| Internal medicine | 24 (72.7) |
| Anaesthesia | 8 (24.2) |
| Laboratory medicine | 1 (3.0) |
| Days from patient death to interview, median (IQR) | 6 (4–13) Total range: 1–63 |
| Spiritual affiliation, n (%) | |
| Agnostic | 5 (15.2) |
| Anglican | 1 (3.0) |
| Atheist | 2 (6.1) |
| Catholic | 7 (21.2) |
| Christian | 3 (9.1) |
| Hindu | 1 (3.0) |
| Liberal Buddhist | 1 (3.0) |
| Muslim | 7 (21.2) |
| Spiritual | 1 (3.0) |
| None | 5 (15.2) |
We describe the characteristics of the 33 residents interviewed for the 3 Wishes Project who cared for 50 patients included in this project.