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. 2021 Jul 9;8(3):e29690. doi: 10.2196/29690

Table 1.

Clinician information by department.

Variables Department of Medicine (n=135), n (%) Department of Pediatrics (n=65), n (%) P value
Clinician position .77

Physician 100 (74.1) 51 (78.5)

Advanced practice providera 35 (25.9) 14 (21.5)
Age (years) .65

20-29 2 (1.5) 0 (0.0)

30-39 48 (35.6) 17 (26.2)

40-49 28 (20.7) 18 (27.7)

50-59 27 (20.0) 16 (24.6)

60-69 23 (17.0) 11 (16.9)

≥70 6 (4.5) 2 (3.1)
Gender .49

Female 85 (63.0) 45 (69.2)

Male 47 (34.8) 17 (26.2)

Prefer not to say 3 (2.2) 3 (4.6)
Half-days per week providing direct outpatient careb .07

0-2 56 (41.5) 16 (24.6)

3-4 44 (32.6) 22 (33.8)

5-6 24 (17.8) 15 (23.1)

≥7 11 (8.1) 11 (16.9)
Telemedicine visits personally conducted by video in the past week?b (%) .09

0-24 38 (28.1) 26 (40.0)

25-49 33 (24.4) 9 (13.8)

50-74 32 (23.7) 10 (15.4)

≥75 32 (23.7) 20 (30.8)
Number of half-days per week spent supervising traineesc .21

0 69 (51.1) 34 (52.3)

1-2 51 (37.8) 19 (29.2)

≥3 14 (10.4) 12 (18.5)
Types of video visit training received

Received a document on technical issues 83 (61.5) 47 (72.3) .18

Webinar on technical issues 47 (34.8) 17 (26.2) .29

In-person training on technical issues 5 (3.7) 3 (4.6) .72

Received a document on communication strategies 35 (25.9) 24 (36.9) .15

Webinar on communication strategies 18 (13.3) 9 (13.8) >.99

In-person training on communication strategies 1 (0.7) 2 (3.1) .25

None 25 (18.5) 6 (9.2) .14

Other 4 (3.0) 3 (4.6) .68

aExamples of advanced practice providers include advanced practice nurses, clinical nurse specialists, and physicians’ assistants.

bRefers only to visits conducted personally by the clinician and not trainees they supervised.

cTrainees include medical students, residents, and fellows.