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. 2022 Nov 17;10(11):e40039. doi: 10.2196/40039

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants at 2 pediatric institutions (N=275).

Characteristic SickKids (n=195), n (%) Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (n=80), n (%) P value
Male gender 93 (47.7) 35 (43.8) .64
Professional rolea



Physician 165 (84.6) 73 (91.3) .20

Health system leader 22 (11.3) 17 (21.3) .05

Data scientist 15 (7.7) 2 (2.5) .18
Physician specialty

<.001

Hematology oncology 33 (16.9) 14 (17.5)

General medicine 21 (10.8) 7 (8.8)

Critical care medicine 11 (5.6) 12 (15.0)

Emergency medicine 14 (7.2) 0 (0)

Cardiology 9 (4.6) 7 (8.8)

Neurology 11 (5.6) 3 (3.8)

Endocrinology and metabolism 10 (5.1) 6 (7.5)

Gastroenterology 9 (4.6) 0 (0)

Respirology 4 (2.1) 4 (5.0)

Infectious disease 2 (1.0) 5 (6.3)

Surgery 0 (0) 6 (7.5)

Adolescent medicine 6 (3.1) 0 (0)

Other 20 (10.3) 7 (8.8)

Not known 45 (23.1) 9 (11.3)
Years from completion of training

.006

<1 6 (3.1) 0 (0)

1-4 38 (19.5) 5 (6.3)

5-10 38 (19.5) 25 (31.3)

11+ 113 (57.9) 50 (62.5)
Decision-making ability to implement artificial intelligence initiatives 99 (50.8) 41 (51.3) >.99
Number of machine learning models deployed at institution in last 5 years
.43

None 31 (15.9) 11 (13.8)

1 7 (3.6) 6 (7.5)

2-4 14 (7.2) 9 (11.3)

5-10 2 (1.0) 1 (1.3)

11+ 4 (2.1) 0 (0)

Do not know 137 (70.3) 53 (66.3)

aRespondent may choose more than 1 option and thus, numbers do not add to 100%.