Table 3 Participating physicians’ socio-demographic characteristics
From: How well are Swiss French physicians prepared for future practice in primary care?
Sociodemographic and clinical data | N = 29 |
|---|---|
Women n(%) | 17 (58.6) |
Mean age (SD) | 41.1 (4.39) |
Pre-graduate training in Switzerland n(%) | 25 (86.2) |
Graduate training in Switzerland n(%) | 27 (93.1) |
Years of post-graduate training mean (SD) | 9.34 (6.79) |
Years of post-graduate training in hospital settings mean (SD) | 6.79 (2.94) |
Years of post-graduate training in ambulatory settings mean (SD) | 3.80 (3.16) |
Type of training in ambulatory setting n(%) | |
 - Academic outpatient clinic in general internal medicine | 10 (34.5) |
 - Private practice | 2 (6.9) |
 - Medico-surgical center | 1 (3.4) |
 - Academic clinic and private practice | 8 (27.6) |
 - Academic clinic and medico-surgical center | 6 (20.7) |
 - Academic clinic, private practice and medico-surgical center | 1 (3.4) |
 - other | 1 (3.4) |
Years in private practice mean (SD) | 3.03 (1.42) |
Geographical location n(%) | |
 - urban | 14 (48.3) |
 - suburban | 12 (41.4) |
 - rural | 3 (10.3) |
Type of office n(%) | |
 - solo | 2 (6.9) |
 - -2-4 colleagues | 18 (62.1) |
 - > 4 colleagues | 9 (31.0) |