Table 4 Characteristics of physician respondents and U.S. internal medicine physicians
Sample characteristics† | N | % | Mean | SD | AMA* (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total internal medicine physicians | 787 | -- | -- | -- | |
Mean age | 767 | -- | 48.6 | 9.6 | -- |
Gender | |||||
Male | 505 | 65.3 | -- | -- | 67.2 |
Female | 269 | 34.7 | -- | -- | 32.8 |
Ethnicity | |||||
Hispanic/Latino | 27 | 3.5 | -- | -- | 4.9 |
Race | |||||
White | 515 | 67.1 | -- | -- | 44 |
Black or African-American | 49 | 6.4 | -- | -- | 3.9 |
Asian | 160 | 20.8 | -- | -- | 17.4 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 9 | 1.2 | -- | -- | 0.1 |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- |
Other | 54 | 7 | -- | -- | 2.3 |
Are you a graduate of US Medical School? | |||||
Yes | 584 | 75.4 | -- | -- | -- |
No | 190 | 24.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Did you have genetics training in primary specialty residency? | |||||
Yes | 87 | 11.3 | -- | -- | -- |
No | 684 | 88.7 | -- | -- | -- |
Mean years in practice post-training | 769 | -- | 16.4 | 9.6 | -- |
Primary practice setting | |||||
Academic health center | 89 | 11.4 | -- | -- | -- |
Federally Qualified Health Center | 23 | 2.9 | -- | -- | -- |
Group or staff model practice HMO | 62 | 7.9 | -- | -- | -- |
Hospital based | 105 | 13.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Office based | 459 | 59.1 | -- | -- | -- |
VA healthcare system | 15 | 1.9 | -- | -- | -- |
Other | 24 | 3.1 | -- | -- | -- |
Affiliation with academic institution? | |||||
Yes | 304 | 39.2 | -- | -- | -- |
No | 471 | 60.8 | -- | -- | -- |
Percentage of work time seeing patients | 772 | 85 | -- | -- | -- |
How would you rate your knowledge of genetics? | |||||
Excellent | 4 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Very good | 36 | 4.6 | -- | -- | -- |
Good | 184 | 23.7 | -- | -- | -- |
Fair | 433 | 55.9 | -- | -- | -- |
Poor | 118 | 15.2 | -- | -- | -- |