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Table 1 Physician Demographics

From: The knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors regarding antibiotic resistance at a tertiary care institution in the Caribbean

 

Category

Frequency

Percent

Gender

Male

338

49%

Female

348

51%

Current Practice

Mainly hospital based

387

60%

Mainly outpatient or clinic based

158

25%

An equal proportion of both

97

15%

Total

642

100%

Position

Intern/SHO

118

17%

Intern/resident

186

27%

Senior/chief resident

43

6%

Consultant

156

22%

Private GP

120

17%

Specialist private practice

38

5%

Government clinic medical officer

34

5%

Total

695

100%

Postgraduate Training

Yes

338

51%

No

328

49%

Total

666

100%

Specialty

Anaesthesia/intensive care

56

17

Internal medicine

64

19

Surgical specialty

102

31

Paediatrics

27

8

Obstetrics and gynaecology

24

7

Accident and emergency

13

4

Family medicine

42

13

Clinical microbiologist

6

2

Years Post Registration

Total

334

100%

0–4 years

218

32%

5–9 years

130

19%

10–14 years

87

13%

15–19 years

61

9%

>_ 20 years

176

26%

Total

672

100%

  1. N.B. Total sample size for this study is 695. Differences in totals for each subsection occur because of missing values