Table 2.

Participant characteristics (n = 51)

Characteristic	Total (%)	Traineesa (%)	Attending physiciansb (%)
Number of participants	51	29	22
Sex
Male	45 (88)	23 (79)	22 (100)
Female	6 (12)	6 (21)	0 (0)
Specialty
Internal medicine or subspecialty	24 (47)	13 (45)	11 (50)
Critical care, emergency medicine	4 (8)	0 (0)	4 (18)
Family medicine	5 (10)	0 (0)	5 (23)
Junior residentc	9 (18)	9 (31)	0 (0)
Medical studentd	4 (8)	4 (14)	0 (0)
Other	5 (10)	3 (10)	2 (9)
Setting
University hospital	16 (31)	9 (31)	7 (32)
Community hospital	32 (63)	20 (69)	12 (54)
Private clinic	3 (6)	0 (0)	3 (14)

^aTrainee is defined as medical students and physicians PGY 1–5

^bAttending physician is defined as PGY 6 and higher

^cJunior resident is defined as PGY 1 and 2 physicians who were currently in the 2-year National Obligatory Initial Postgraduate Clinical Training Program

^dFifth and sixth year medical students