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. 2021 Nov 5;7(4):e30873. doi: 10.2196/30873

Table 4.

Current (C) and future (F) digital format use across profession, generation, and years of experience.


Videos Websites Web
seminars or
courses
Apps e-Books Podcasts Social
networks
3D
models
Simula-
tions
Serious
games
Virtual
reality
Other
Profession (number of participants), n (%)

Physicians
(C)
31 (91) 29 (85) 28 (82) 11 (32) 13 (38) 13 (38) 5 (15) 8 (24) 6 (18) 1 (3) 3 (9) 0 (0)

Physicians
(F)
30 (88) 27 (79) 28 (82) 24 (71) 18 (53) 22 (65) 6 (18) 21 (62) 19 (56) 4 (12) 14 (41) 0 (0)

SLPsa
(C)
64 (89) 65 (90) 57 (79) 44 (61) 33 (46) 28 (39) 33 (46) 16 (22) 3 (4) 2 (3) 1 (1) 1 (1)

SLPs
(F)
66 (92) 56 (78) 65 (90) 63 (88) 46 (64) 46 (64) 30 (42) 48 (67) 47 (65) 35 (49) 34 (47) 1 (1)

SLP
Students (C)
41 (95) 37 (86) 33 (77) 27 (63) 22 (51) 10 (23) 9 (21) 14 (33) 5 (11) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)

SLP
students (F)
37 (86) 29 (67) 37 (86) 33 (77) 26 (60) 28 (65) 13 (30) 24 (56) 23 (53) 19 (44) 12 (28) 0 (0)

Medical students (C) 19 (90) 19 (90) 12 (57) 18 (86) 13 (62) 13 (62) 11 (52) 7 (33) 4 (19) 3 (14) 1 (5) 0 (0)

Medical students (F) 19 (90) 16 (76) 16 (76) 20 (95) 15 (71) 16 (76) 10 (48) 15 (71) 17 (81) 8 (38) 12 (57) 0 (0)
Generation (number of participants), n (%)

Generation Z (C) 53 (93) 50 (88) 39 (68) 40 (70) 32 (56) 22 (39) 23 (40) 18 (32) 7 (12) 4 (7) 1 (2) 0 (0)

Generation Z (F) 52 (91) 44 (77) 48 (84) 50 (88) 37 (65) 42 (74) 24 (42) 36 (63) 40 (70) 29 (51) 21 (37) 0 (0)

Generation Y (C) 58 (90) 55 (86) 50 (78) 41 (64) 26 (41) 18 (28) 26 (41) 15 (23) 4 (6) 2 (3) 0 (0) 1 (2)

Generation Y (F) 56 (88) 45 (70) 53 (83) 53 (83) 39 (61) 39 (61) 23 (36) 42 (66) 37 (58) 23 (36) 26 (41) 1 (2)

Generation X (C) 31 (89) 32 (91) 29 (83) 13 (37) 18 (51) 19 (54) 8 (23) 9 (26) 5 (14) 1 (3) 3 (9) 0 (0)

Generation X (F) 31 (89) 27 (77) 32 (91) 27 (77) 22 (63) 23 (66) 9 (26) 20 (57) 21 (60) 11 (31) 17 (49) 0 (0)

Baby boomer (C) 13 (93) 13 (93) 12 (86) 6 (43) 5 (36) 5 (36) 1 (7) 3 (21) 2 (14) 0 (0) 1 (7) 0 (0)

Baby boomer (F) 13 (93) 12 (86) 13 (93) 10 (71) 7 (50) 8 (57) 3 (21) 10 (71) 8 (57) 3 (21) 8 (57) 0 (0)
Experience (years), n (%)

0b (C) 58 (95) 53 (87) 42 (69) 44 (72) 34 (56) 22 (36) 19 (31) 19 (31) 9 (15) 4 (7) 1 (2) 1 (2)

0 (F) 54 (89) 43 (70) 51 (84) 51 (84) 39 (64) 42 (69) 22 (36) 38 (62) 39 (64) 28 (46) 23 (38) 0 (0)

1-5 (C) 35 (88) 35 (88) 31 (78) 25 (63) 21 (53) 11 (28) 22 (55) 10 (25) 1 (3) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)

1-5 (F) 35 (88) 30 (75) 33 (83) 33 (83) 26 (65) 23 (58) 15 (38) 27 (68) 26 (65) 16 (40) 15 (38) 0 (0)

6-10 (C) 13 (87) 14 (93) 12 (80) 9 (60) 4 (27) 6 (40) 6 (40) 4 (27) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

6-10 (F) 15 (100) 12 (80) 14 (93) 14 (93) 8 (53) 10 (67) 7 (47) 9 (60) 6 (40) 6 (40) 4 (27) 0 (0)

11-15 (C) 11 (100) 8 (73) 10 (91) 5 (45) 3 (27) 6 (55) 4 (36) 2 (18) 1 (9) 1 (9) 1 (9) 0 (0)

11-15 (F) 10 (91) 9 (82) 8 (73) 9 (82) 6 (55) 9 (82) 6 (55) 8 (73) 9 (82) 5 (45) 8 (73) 1 (9)

16-20 (C) 16 (84) 17 (89) 16 (84) 7 (37) 7 (37) 9 (47) 2 (11) 5 (26) 2 (11) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0)

16-20 (F) 15 (79) 14 (74) 16 (84) 17 (89) 10 (53) 14 (74) 2 (11) 12 (63) 11 (58) 6 (32) 8 (42) 0 (0)

>20 (C) 22 (92) 23 (96) 19 (79) 10 (42) 12 (50) 10 (42) 5 (21) 5 (21) 5 (21) 0 (0) 3 (13) 0 (0)

>20 (F) 23 (96) 20 (83) 24 (100) 16 (67) 16 (67) 14 (58) 7 (29) 14 (58) 15 (63) 5 (21) 14 (58) 0 (0)

aSLPs: speech-language pathologists.

bStill studying.