Table 3 Participants interviewed by intervention, professional role and characteristics
Characteristic | Profession | Intervention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Surgeon | Pathologist | Educational presentation | Opinion leader strategy | Performance data |
Whole group (n = 34) | 17 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Hospitals (n = 11) | Â | Â | 3 | 5 | 3 |
   Eligible | --- | --- | 11 | 9 | 10 |
   Participating | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Profession | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Surgeon | 17 | --- | 5 | 6 | 6 |
   Pathologist | --- | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
   Female | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   30–39 | 5 | --- | 2 | 2 | 1 |
   40–49 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
   50–59 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
   60–69 | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | --- |
Year license | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Median (range) | 1992 (1978,2004) | 1988 (1967,1993) | 1989 (1981,2004) | 1993 (1967,2002) | 1991 (1979,1999) |
Collegial interaction | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Internal networking | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   At least once per month | 10 | 3 | --- | 7 | 6 |
   At least once per year | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
   Never | --- | 2 | 1 | 1 | --- |
External networking | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   At least once per month | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
   At least once per year | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
   Never | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |