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Table 3 Capabilities ranked of high importance

From: Desired Chinese medicine practitioner capabilities and professional development needs: a survey of registered practitioners in Victoria, Australia

Demographic information

Percentage of practitioners rating capability as important or very important

  

TC10

TC3

TC4

RSC6

RSC2

TC8

RSC5

TC5

TC2

TC1

Gender

Male

95.8

96.6

97.5

93.6

88.8

82.2

80.8

75.9

81.7

80.0

 

Female

100

97.0

100

93.9

98.0*

96.8*

90.8

89.2

86.7

86.9

Age

18–34

95.9

96.4

100

98.2

92.7

94.0

92.7

92.0

87.3

87.3

 

35–54

99.2

97.0

98.4

92.7

92.6

86.8

83.8

75.4

81.3

80.6

 

55+

90.3

96.6

96.8

93.5

93.5

83.3

80.6

90.0

82.1

89.7

Australian CM qualification

None

97.0

97.0

97.0

85.1*

88.1

70.8*

70.1*

81.8

81.8

77.3

 

< Bachelor

100

95.2

100

95.6

97.8

97.7

93.3

76.2

83.3

90.5

 

≥ Bachelor

97.1

97.3

99.0

98.2

93.7

96.2

91.0

84.2

85.5

83.8

Overseas CM qualification

None

98.0

97.2

99.0

97.3

95.5

97.1*

91.8

79.2

85.2

86.1

 

< Bachelor

97.3

94.7

97.3

89.5

92.1

83.8

81.6

88.9

78.4

73.7

 

≥ Bachelor

97.3

97.3

98.6

90.7

89.3

79.2

77.3*

81.9

84.9

83.6

Years of practice in Australia

< 10 years†

96.6

98.4

99.2

96.1

95.2

93.2

90.5

84.3

85.4

88.7

 

≥ 10 years

97.8

94.7

97.8

91.7

89.6

81.3

79.2*

78.0

79.8

76.6

Years of practice overseas

Never

97.5

96.9

99.2

98.5*

96.2

96.6*

93.8*

82.8

83.5

86.7

 

< 10 years

98.2

96.4

100

89.5

86.0

78.9

71.9

75.0

78.6

75.0

 

≥ 10 years

93.9

97.0

93.9

85.3

91.2*

71.9

76.5

87.9

87.9

87.9

  1. *: Significant difference between groups (via χ2 test, significance level for multiple comparisons was adjusted by Holmes-Bonferroni procedure).
  2. †: Including participants never practiced in Australia (n = 2)