TABLE 1.
Survey participant characteristics
| Participants | No./Total no respondents a (%) | Response rate No./Total No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics: | ||
| Sex | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| Female | 61/138 (44) | |
| Male | 72/138 (52) | |
| Prefer not to say | 5/138 (4) | |
| Age | 141/210 (67.1) | |
| 20‐24 | 0/141 (0) | |
| 25‐29 | 42/141 (30) | |
| 30‐34 | 51/ 141 (36) | |
| 35‐39 | 26/ 141 (18) | |
| 40‐44 | 8/ 141 (6) | |
| Over the age of 40 | 14/ 141 (10) | |
| Ethnicity | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| White | 100/ 138 (73) | |
| Black or African American | 2/ 138 (1) | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2/ 138 (1) | |
| Asian | 17/ 138 (12) | |
| Other | 9/ 138 (7) | |
| Prefer not to say | 8/ 138(6) | |
| Professional characteristics: | ||
| ARCP: Annual review of competency progression | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| Satisfactory ARCP | 131/ 141 (93) | 141/210 (67.1) |
| Unsatisfactory ARCP | 5/ 141 (3.5) | |
| Prefer not to say | 5/ 141 (3.5) | |
| Graduate vs Undergraduate | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| Undergraduate | 110/ 141 (78) | 141/210 (67.1) |
| Graduate | 23/ 141 (16) | |
| Prefer not to say | 5/ 141 (4) | |
| Other | 3/ 141 (2) | |
| Years since leaving NHS | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| ≤ 2 | 56/ 210 (27) | 210/210 (100.0) |
| 2–5 | 107/ 210 (51) | |
| 5–10 | 36/ 210 (17) | |
| >10 | 11/ 210 (5) | |
| Country training‐overseas | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| USA | 8/ 62 (13) | 62/210 (29.5) |
| Canada | 5/ 62 (8) | |
| Australia | 41/ 62 (66) | |
| New Zealand | 6/ 62 (10) | |
| Other | 2/ 62 (3) | |
| Specialty left | 138/210 (65.7) | |
| Emergency medicine | 2/ 121 (2) | 121/210 (57.6) |
| Medical specialities | 57/ 121 (47) | |
| Primary care (GP) | 3/ 121 (3) | |
| Surgical specialties | 15/ 121 (12) | |
| Anaesthetics/ACCS | 34/ 121 (28) | |
| Foundation program | 10/ 121 (8) | |
a
Percentages among respondents to each characteristic question.