Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample.
| Characteristic | No. of Participants (N = 14) |
% |
|---|---|---|
| Experience (in years) | 23.50 * | 8.26 ** |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 1 | 7 |
| Male | 13 | 93 |
| Urban residency | ||
| Rural | 1 | 7 |
| Urban | 13 | 93 |
| Master of Science degree | ||
| No | 13 | 93 |
| Yes | 1 | 7 |
| Type of specialty | ||
| Internal Medicine | 12 | 86 |
| Cardiology | 2 | 14 |
| Hospital | ||
| Hospital 1 | 9 | 64 |
| Hospital 2 | 5 | 36 |
| Working in the private sector | ||
| No | 6 | 43 |
| Yes | 8 | 57 |
| Sub-specialty | ||
| No | 4 | 29 |
| Yes | 10 | 71 |
| Regular attendance of CME activities | ||
| No | 14 | 100 |
| Yes | 0 | 0 |
| Peer review involvement | ||
| No | 4 | 29 |
| Yes | 10 | 71 |
| Five years of basic medical education *** | ||
| No | 6 | 43 |
| Yes | 8 | 57 |
| Venue for medical studies | ||
| Other | 2 | 14 |
| Prishtina | 12 | 86 |
| Length of residency program (in years) | ||
| Four | 4 | 29 |
| Five | 1 | 7 |
| Six | 9 | 64 |
| Residency training venue | ||
| Other | 3 | 21 |
| Prishtina | 11 | 79 |
| Benefited from training *** | ||
| No | 6 | 43 |
| Yes | 8 | 57 |
| Benefited from study visits | ||
| No | 10 | 71 |
| Yes | 4 | 29 |
| Using approved protocols | ||
| No | 5 | 36 |
| Yes | 8 | 57 |
| Ward has benefited from the project | ||
| No | 9 | 64 |
| Yes | 5 | 36 |
Abbreviations: CME, continuous medical education. * Mean, ** Standard deviation, *** Respondents have finished medical school in a 5 or 6-year system. There was a shift in that system back and forth over the last 30 years. Benefiting means only the knowledge or skills gained during training or study visits attended by respondents during project implementation.