Table 1 Summary of Demographic and Employment Characteristics of Survey Participants

Gender^a

n (%)

 Female

106 (52)

 Not willing to answer

4 (2)

Specialisation^a

n (%)

 Acute Internal Medicine

4 (2)

 Allergology

1 (1)

 Endocrinology

14 (7)

 Gastroenterology

5 (3)

 Geriatrics

8 (4)

 Haematology

8 (4)

 Infectious Disease

15 (7)

 Intensive Care

5 (3)

 Nephrology

18 (9)

 Oncology

15 (7)

 Vascular Disease

15 (7)

 Resident

86 (42)

 Not willing to answer

5 (3)

 Other

4 (2)

Type of hospital^a

n (%)

 Academic hospital

109 (54)

 Not willing to answer

1 (1)

Employment mode^a

n (%)

 In training

105 (52)

 Salaried

49 (24)

 Private practice

46 (22)

 Not willing to answer

1 (1)

 Other

2 (1)

Experience^b

mean years (SD)

 Age

39.7 (10.6)

 Years since graduation

14.0 (10.1)