Table 4 Professional background of staff teaching intellectual disability content
From: Intellectual disability content within tertiary medical curriculum: how is it taught and by whom?
Profession | Compulsory Units N = 42 | No. schools across which compulsory units taught N = 12 | Elective Units N = 8 | No. schools across which elective units taught N = 6 | Total Units* N = 50 | No. schools across which units taught N = 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Practitioner, non-psychiatrist | 26 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 10 |
Medical Practitioner, psychiatrist | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
Allied health | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
Psychologist | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Non-health background | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Registered nurse | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Staff professional background unknown | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Person with intellectual disability involvement | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 |