Table 4.
Participant characteristics.
| Participant number | Profile | Age (years) | Number of years of practice (including internship semesters for registrar) | Self-reported frequency of use of a search engine |
| P1 | GPa | 29 | 2 | Frequently |
| P2 | GP | 28 | 0 | Frequently |
| P3 | GP | 30 | 2.5 | Frequently |
| P4 | GP | 55 | 26 | Frequently |
| P5 | GP | 56 | 29 | Frequently |
| P6 | GP | 68 | 30 | Frequently |
| P7 | GP | 53 | 16 | Frequently |
| P8 | GP | 53 | 25 | Not often |
| P9 | GP | 55 | 27 | Frequently |
| P10 | GP | 33 | 5 | Frequently |
| P11 | Registrar | 24 | 0.5 | Never |
| P12 | Registrar | 26 | 0.5 | Never |
| P13 | Registrar | 28 | 4 | Never |
| P14 | Registrar | 26 | 1.5 | Frequently |
| P15 | Registrar | 30 | 4 | Not often |
| P16 | Registrar | 26 | 2 | Frequently |
| P17 | Registrar | 28 | 1.5 | Frequently |
| P18 | Registrar | 25 | 1.5 | Not often |
| P19 | Registrar | 31 | 4.5 | Frequently |
| P20 | Registrar | 29 | 5 | Not often |
aGP: general practitioner.