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Table 1 Residents’ characteristics

From: Medical residents’ perceptions of their competencies and training needs in health care management: an international comparison

Country

 

Netherlands

Denmark

Australia

Canada

(n = 168)

(n = 625)

(n = 178)

(n = 163)

Gender (Number(%))

Male

56 (33.3)

227 (36.3)

77 (43.3)

81 (49.7)

Female

112 (66.7)

398 (63.7)

101 (56.7)

82 (50.3)

Age (years) (Mean (SD))

 

30.3 (3.0)

34.2 (4.3)

27.2 (3.8)

29.2 (3.9)

Specialty (Number(%))

Anesthesiology

15 (8.9)

45 (7.2)

4 (2.2)

6 (3.7)

Clinical biochemistry

1 (0.6)

10 (1.6)

 

1 (0.6)

Clinical genetics

3 (1.8)

   

Clinical microbiology

 

8 (1.3)

 

1 (0.6)

Clinical pharmacology

 

6 (1.0)

  

Dermatology

6 (3.6)

11 (1.8)

1 (0.6)

2 (1.2)

ENT medicine

3 (1.8)

10 (1.6)

 

9 (5.5)

Emergency department

4 (2.4)

 

40 (22.5)

7 (4.3)

General medicine

 

87 (13.9)

22 (12.4)

34 (20.7)

Geriatrics

 

6 (1.0)

6 (3.4)

 

Forensic medicine

 

3 (0.5)

  

Internal medicine

24 (14.3)

166 (26.6)

16 (9.0)

39 (23.8)

Intensive care

  

5 (2.8)

1 (0.6)

Medical rehabilitation

1 (0.6)

 

4 (2.2)

 

Neurology (surgery)

7 (4.2)

 

4 (2.2)

1 (0.6)

Nuclear medicine

 

36 (5.8)

  

Obstetrics&Gynecology

31 (18.5)

8 (1.3)

6 (3.4)

6 (3.7)

Occupational medicine

 

26 (4.2)

1 (0.6)

 

Ophthalmology

5 (3.0)

3 (0.5)

 

1 (0.6)

Orthopedic surgery

5 (3.0)

10 (1.6)

6 (3.4)

7 (4.3)

Pathology and cytology

5 (3.0)

37 (5.9)

 

3 (1.8)

Pediatrics

36 (21.4)

9 (1.4)

5 (2.8)

10 (6.1)

Psychiatry

2 (1.2)

23 (3.7)

8 (4.5)

11 (6.7)

Public health

 

50 (8.0)

 

1 (0.6)

Quality&Safety

 

6 (1.0)

2 (1.1)

 

Radiology

8 (4.8)

  

6 (3.7)

Surgery

4 (2.4)

19 (3.0)

32 (18.0)

13 (7.9)

Urology

3 (1.3)

33 (5.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.8)

Not-stated*

5 (3.0)

13 (2.1)

15 (8.4)

1 (0.6)

Years since graduation (Mean (SD))

 

4.9 (2.8)

6.0 (4.2)

2.5 (2.5)

3.2 (2.7)

Previous management Training (Number(%))

Yes

26 (15.5)

545 (87.2)

26 (14.6)

22 (13.5)

No

142 (84.5)

80 (12.8)

152 (85.4)

141 (86.5)

Previous management experience (Number(%))

Yes

98 (58.3)

240 (38.4)

78 (43.8)

91 (55.8)

No

70 (41.7)

385 (61.6)

100 (56.2)

72 (44.2)

  1. *Not-stated: the question was not answered or the answer was incomprehensible.