Table 2.

Current practice of collaborative work between young specialists in both clinical practice and research

	Clinical practice	Research
	n (%)	n (%)
Total respondents	240	169
Type of collaboration*		N/A
Telephone	229 (95)
Informal personal contact on a daily basis	74 (31)
Common clinics	144 (60)
Multidisciplinary meetings	172 (72)
Ways of starting the existing collaborations*
Knowing other specialists personally	177 (74)	124 (74)
Attending common national/international conferences and or workshops	80 (33)	65 (39)
Working in the same hospital	77 (32)	50 (30)
Attending the same meetings or seminars	67 (28)	39 (23)
Working in the same laboratory	9 (4)	25 (15)
Already in place before joining the department	44 (18)	49 (29)

*More than one option could be chosen.

Denominators varies depending on the categories as not all respondents were doing clinical and research activities.

N/A, not applicable.