TABLE 1.
General characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Frequency |
|
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||
| 25–34 | 16 | 30.5 |
| 35–44 | 21 | 40.7 |
| 45–54 | 15 | 17.0 |
| 55 and above | 7 | 11.9 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 37 | 63.0 |
| Female | 22 | 37.0 |
| Years of experience | ||
| 2 years or less | 3 | 5.2 |
| 3–5 years | 17 | 29.3 |
| 6–10 years | 10 | 17.2 |
| Above 10 years | 28 | 48.3 |
| Discipline in which most time is spent | ||
| Casualty | 17 | 28.8 |
| OPD/General practice/Family medicine | 17 | 28.8 |
| Medicine | 8 | 13.6 |
| Maternity | 8 | 13.6 |
| Surgery | 3 | 15.1 |
| HIV clinic | 3 | 15.1 |
| Psychiatry | 1 | 1.7 |
| Anaesthesia | 1 | 1.7 |
| ENT | 1 | 1.7 |
| Place of undergraduate training | ||
| South Africa | 29 | 49.0 |
| Outside South Africa | 30 | 51.0 |
| Postgraduate family medicine training (part-time) | ||
| No | 49 | 83.1 |
| Yes | 10 | 17.0 |
| Current family medicine training (full-time) | ||
| No | 54 | 91.5 |
| Yes | 5 | 8.5 |
| Current hospital | ||
| Hospital A | 15 | 25.4 |
| Hospital B | 24 | 40.7 |
| Hospital C | 20 | 33.9 |
n = 59.
OPD, outpatient department; HIV, human immunodeficiency viruses; ENT, ear, nose and throat.