Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | All | GDs | OMFSs | Significance (p Value) 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 77) | (n = 60) | (n = 17) 1 | ||
| Primary dental degree | ||||
| Graduation (year) 2 | - | |||
| Mean | 1990.1 | 1992.6 | 1981.6 | |
| SD | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.5 | |
| Range | 1659–2015 | 1964–2014 | 1959–1998 | |
| Obtained in Australia, n (%) | p > 0.05 | |||
| Yes | 69 (89.6) | 55 (91.7) | 14 (82.4) | |
| No | 8 (10.4) | 5 (8.3) | 3 (17.7) | |
| Specialist experience | ||||
| Years of practice experience as a specialist (years) | - | - | - | |
| Mean | 23 | |||
| SD | 12.5 | |||
| Range | 5–23 | |||
| Workplace environment | ||||
| Private sector only | 71 (79.2) | 55 (91.7) | 6 (35.3) | p < 0.001 |
| Public sector only | 3 (3.9) | 3 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Both private and public | 2 (2.6) | 2 (3.3) | 11 (64.7) |
1 One OMFS respondent opted not to disclose demographic details. 2 One GD respondent did not disclose their year of graduation from their primary dental degree. 3 Calculated using the Chi-squared test.