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

Table 4 Capabilities ranked of low importance

Demographic information		Percentage of practitioners rating capability as not important, less important or moderately important (%)
		CC3	CC4	RIM C1	CC1	RSC4	RIMC4	RIMC3	RIMC2	RIMC6	RIMC5
Gender	Male	34.7	32.3	28.2	35.2	38.7	48.4	46.8	49.2	53.7	66.9
	Female	19.2*	25.3	30.6	25.3	37.4	43.9	49.5	50.5	66.3	70.1
Age	18–34	16.7	18.2	30.2	18.2	18.5*	39.6	39.6	39.6	47.2	67.9
	35–54	29.2	31.6	26.7	35.8	44.5	47.8	51.1	52.3	64.2	71.6
	55+	38.7	38.7	36.7	29.0	48.4	46.7	46.7	53.3	60.0	53.3
Australian CM qualification	None	53.7*	59.7*	39.4	44.8	58.2*	58.5	62.1	53.8	64.6	66.7
	< Bachelor	15.6	13.6	24.4	28.9	31.1	40.0	51.1	52.3	62.2	73.3
	≥ Bachelor	17.1	17.0	25.2	23.2*	28.8	42.0	38.4*	46.4	55.0	67.3
Overseas CM qualification	None	14.5*	18.0*	26.6	27.0	30.0	39.1	40.0	48.6	57.4	72.2
	< Bachelor	39.5	42.1	28.9	39.5	50.0	54.1	50.0	56.8	60.5	65.8
	≥ Bachelor	41.3	39.2	33.3	32.0	44.0*	53.3	58.7	48.0	61.3	64.0
Years of practice in Australia	< 10 years^†	27.0	26.8	26.6	26.0	30.0*	39.8	41.9	44.3	58.9	67.5
	≥ 10 years	28.1	32.6	31.9	36.5	49.0	53.2	55.3	55.9	60.2	69.1
Years of practice overseas	Never	15.4*	15.4*	24.2	24.4	30.0*	39.8	41.4	47.6	56.2	68.5
	< 10 years	47.4	43.9	36.8	42.1	47.4	56.1	54.4	52.6	64.9	75.4
	≥ 10 years	41.2	58.8	34.4	35.3*	58.8	51.6	62.5	51.6	64.5	56.3

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

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