Note: numbers that are Bold, italic, and underlined refer to a significant difference

Dimension		Interests
		Learning new clinical tips (%)	Learning new evidence (%)	Learning new teaching style (%)	Social networking (%)	Gaining a certificate (%)
General		37.0	30.6	16.7	8.1	7.7
Gender	Male	37.5	29.7	16.0	8.8	8.0
	Female	36.5	31.5	17.4	7.3	7.3
Age	Less than 35	37.3	31.8	15.2	7.8	8.0
	35–54	36.6	29.1	18.2	8.6	7.5
	More than 54	38.2	33.8	17.6	4.4	5.9
Practicing	Less than 5 years	38.1	31.4	15.9	7.9	6.7
	5–10 years	37.0	29.9	17.5	7.7	7.9
	11–15 years	33.3	29.6	17.3	11.1	8.6
	16–20 years	36.3	30.4	15.6	6.7	11.1
	More than 21 years	36.2	30.2	19.0	7.8	6.9
Continent	Asia	35.9	30.3	16.5	8.7	8.6
	Africa	34.5	28.7	18.6	9.8	8.5
	Europe	41.2	31.8	16.7	5.0	5.3
	North America	39.0	34.1	12.2	8.5	6.1
	South America	44.4	33.3	16.7	0.0	5.6
	Australia	38.5	38.5	15.4	7.7	0.0

Dimension		Certificate
		For professional portfolio purposes (%)	To fulfil my CPD/ CME requirements (%)	For social media advertisement (%)	To claim expenses and tax return (%)
General		57.9	34.1	5.4	2.5
Gender	Male	54.9	34.1	7.3	3.7
	Female	61.2	34.1	3.4	1.3
Age	Less than 35	62.7	29.4	6.6	1.3
	35–54	53.7	38.6	4.1	3.6
	More than 54	48.6	40.5	5.4	5.4
Practicing	Less than 5 years	58.3	35.4	4.6	1.7
	5–10 years	59.6	31.6	6.6	2.2
	11–15 years	50.0	37.8	8.5	3.7
	16–20 years	59.7	31.9	2.8	5.6
	More than 21 years	57.6	33.9	5.1	3.4
Continent	Asia	55.5	37.8	4.9	1.9
	Africa	64.0	24.3	8.1	3.7
	Europe	64.9	26.8	5.4	3.0
	North America	39.0	51.2	4.9	4.9
	South America	44.4	55.6	0.0	0.0
	Australia	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0