Table 1.
Physician characteristics | N=20 |
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Female sex, n (%) | 5 (25) |
Age (years), n (%) | |
<=30 | 2 (10) |
31–40 | 10 (50) |
41–50 | 4 (20) |
>50 | 4 (20) |
Attending physicians, n (%) | 14 (70) |
Specialty, n (%) | |
Anesthesiology/Emergency Medicine | 16 (80) |
Surgery | 4 (20) |
Years since graduation, mean (SD) | 13 (10) |
High numeracy score (≥9)*, n (%) | 18 (90) |
Cognitive Reflection Test score†, n (%) | |
Low score (0): Non-reflective thinker with unquestioning reliance on intuition | 3 (15) |
Intermediate score (1–2): Balance between reflective thinking and intuition | 14 (70) |
High score (3): Reflective thinker whose initial intuition is tempered by analysis | 3 (15) |
The numeracy assessment is a measure of ability to understand and use numeric data
Cognitive Reflection Test is a validated measure of decision-making preference; differentiating impulsive decision-making preferences from reflective decision-making preferences