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Table 1 Participant demographic

From: Video-based feedback as a method for training rural healthcare workers to manage medical emergencies: a pilot study

Characteristics

Thailand-Myanmar border N = 24

Kudjip (PNG)

N = 8

Median Age (range) in years

31 (24–45)

28.5 (22–40)b

Job description

 Medic

12

-

 Midwife

6

-

 Nurse

6

3

 Student nurse

-

4

 Health-care assistant

-

1

Site

 Mae La

8

-

 Mawker Thai

8

-

 Wang Pha

8

-

Number of years at current job

 < 1 year

0

a

 1–5 years

9

a

 > 5 years

15

a

Number of years since qualification

 Not applicable

-

5c

 > 1 year

2

-

 1–5 years

12

-

 > 5 years

9

2

 no replyd

1

1

Place of Training

 Shoklo Malaria Research Unit

20

-

 Nazarene college of nursing (PNG)

-

7

 Other

4

1e

  1. ainformation not obtained from participants
  2. bonly 4 people provided their ages
  3. c4 nursing students and 1 healthcare assistant who have no qualifications
  4. d1 midwife at Thailand-Myanmar border site and 1 nurse at PNG site gave no reply
  5. ehealthcare assistant has no formal qualification