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. 2016 Oct 4;36(2):233–242. doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2791-9

Table 2.

Clinical microbiology trainees’ rating on satisfaction of their training and on training adequacy

Countries Satisfaction of training scheme (1: completely dissatisfied, 5: completely satisfied), mean (SD) Training adequacy (1: completely inadequate, 5: completely adequate), mean (SD)
Informatics Health economics Travel medicine Management Infection control Transplantation medicine
Overall (n = 215) 3.6 (0.9) 3.2 (1.0) 2.6 (1.0) 3.0 (1.0) 2.9 (0.9) 3.7 (0.7) 2.6 (1.0)
European Union countries
 Austria (n = 8) 3.7 (0.8) 3.7 (0.5) 3.5 (0.5) 3.2 (0.8) 3.3 (0.5) 4.0 (0) 2.5 (0.5)
 Belgium (n = 11) 3.7 (0.5) 3.7 (0.8) 2.3 (1.1) 2.7 (0.7) 3.3 (0.7) 3.7 (0.8) 2.9 (0.8)
 Bulgaria (n = 0)
 Croatia (n = 19) 3.1 (1.0) 2.9 (0.8) 2.5 (0.9) 2.8 (1.1) 2.7 (1.0) 3.3 (1.0) 3.5 (0.7)
 Czech Republic (n = 1) 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
 Denmark (n = 6) 4.3 (0.8) 3.5 (1.0) 3.0 (1.3) 3.5 (0.8) 3.3 (0.8) 4.0 (0.6) 2.7 (1.2)
 Estonia (n = 1) 3.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
 France (n = 17) 3.6 (0.8) 3.0 (1.1) 2.8 (0.8) 3.3 (0.8) 2.8 (0.7) 3.9 (0.3) 2.7 (0.8)
 Germany (n = 9) 3.5 (0.8) 3.9 (0.3) 3.4 (0.9) 3.1 (0.6) 2.9 (1.0) 3.6 (0.5) 2.9 (0.6)
 Greece (n = 4) 3.3 (0.6) 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.0
 Hungary (n = 3) 3.3 (0.6) 2.7 (1.5) 1.7 (0.6) 1.7 (0.6) 2.7 (0.6) 2.7 (1.2) 3.3 (1.2)
 Ireland (n = 2) 4.0 (0) 3.0 (0) 3.0 (0) 2.0 (0) 3.0 (0) 3.5 (0.7) 2.0
 Italy (n = 16) 3.2 (1.1) 2.7 (1.0) 2.1 (0.9) 2.4 (1.0) 2.3 (1.1) 3.3 (0.8) 3.2 (1.2)
 Lithuania (n = 3) 2.7 (1.2) 2.0 (1.7) 2.0 (1.0) 3.3 (0.6) 2.7 (1.5) 4.0 (0) 2.3 (1.2)
 Malta (n = 1) 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 2.0
 The Netherlands (n = 33) 4.0 (0.8) 3.6 (0.9) 2.7 (0.8) 3.4 (0.8) 3.2 (0.9) 4.2 (0.4) 1.8 (0.5)
 Poland (n = 1) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 2.0
 Portugal (n = 8) 3.0 (1.0) 3.6 (0.5) 2.6 (0.8) 2.8 (1.2) 2.2 (1.0) 3.1 (0.7) 3.0 (0.9)
 Romania (n = 2) 4.5 (0.7) 3.0 (1.4) 2.5 (0.7) 3.0 (0) 3.5 (0.7) 4.1 (0.4) 2.5 (2.1)
 Slovenia (n = 7) 2.7 (0.8) 2.7 (1.1) 1.7 (0.8) 3.1 (1.2) 2.6 (1.0) 4.0 (0.6) 2.1 (0.4)
 Spain (n = 28) 3.9 (0.7) 3.4 (1.0) 2.8 (1.1) 3.4 (1.0) 3.0 (1.0) 3.0 (1.0) 2.2 (0.7)
 Sweden (n = 4) 3.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 4.0
 United Kingdom (n = 3) 4.3 (0.6) 3.3 (1.5) 3.0 (1.7) 3.5 (0.7) 3.0 (1.7) 3.0 (1.4) 1.3 (0.6)
European Economic Area countries and Switzerland
 Switzerland (n = 0)
 Norway (n = 2) 4.5 (0.7) 4.0 (0) 4.0 (0) 4.5 (0.7) 4.0 (0) 5.0 (0) 1.5 (0.7)
Others
 Azerbaijan (n = 1) 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 5.0
 Belarus (n = 0)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (n = 4) 3.3 (1.5) 2.7 (1.2) 2.0 (1.7) 1.3 (0.6) 2.7 (1.1) 3.3 (0.6) 4.0 (0.8)
 Kosovo (n = 0)
 Macedonia (n = 1) 5.0 No data No data No data 3.0 4.0 No data
 Turkey (n = 22) 3.2 (1.0) 3.1 (0.7) 2.4 (0.9) 2.6 (0.7) 3.0 (0.7) 3.4 (0.7) 3.3 (0.9)