Table 2 Demographic data and motivation of participants
From: Effectiveness of national evidence-based medicine competition in Taiwan
Demography | All N = 358 | Profession | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physician | Nurse | Pharmacist | Others | ||
N = 162 | N = 71 | N = 101 | N = 24 | ||
Gender (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 161 (45.0) | 125 (77.2) | 3 (4.2) | 28 (27.7) | 5 (20.8) |
 Female | 197 (54.4) | 37 (22.8) | 68 (95.8) | 73 (72.3) | 19 (79.2) |
Academic degree (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Under college | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0) |
 College* | 216 (60.3) | 139 (85.8) | 26 (36.6) | 40 (39.6) | 11 (45.8) |
 Master’s | 132 (36.9) | 19 (11.7) | 43 (60.6) | 58 (57.4) | 12 (50.0) |
 Doctorate | 8 (2.2) | 4 (2.5) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (4.2) |
Age (y) (± SD) | 33.2 ± 6.0 | 32.2 ± 5.3 | 36.8 ± 5.4 | 32.3 ± 6.2 | 33.5 ± 7.3 |
Working period (y)(± SD) | 7.9 ± 6.1 | 6.0 ± 4.6 | 14.4 ± 5.7 | 6.3 ± 5.0 | 8.2 ± 7.0 |
Director (%) | 67 (18.7) | 8 (4.9) | 35 (49.3) | 18 (17.8) | 6 (25.0) |
Faculty (%) | 111 (31.0) | 32 (19.8) | 23 (32.4) | 50 (49.5) | 6 (25.0) |
Motivation (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Assignment | 328 (91.6) | 148 (91.4) | 65 (91.6) | 93 (92.0) | 22 (91.7) |
 Research | 5 (1.4) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) |
 Continuing education | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
 Medical accreditation | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
 Interest | 14 (3.9) | 7 (4.3) | 2 (2.8) | 5 (5.0) | 0 (0) |
 Others | 10 (2.8) | 5 (3.1) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (8.3) |