Table 2 Composition of the modified Delphi study expert panel
First round | Second round | Third round | |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 131 n (%) | n = 106 n (%) | n = 101 n (%) | |
Specialty | |||
Cardiology | 30 (22.9) | 20 (18.9) | 23 (22.8) |
Internal Medicine | 56 (42.8) | 47 (44.3) | 41 (40.6) |
Emergency Medicine | 18 (13.7) | 15 (14.2) | 16 (15.8) |
Family Medicine | 21 (16.0) | 18 (17.0) | 15 (14.9) |
Health Professions Education | 6 (4.6) | 6 (5.7) | 6 (5.9) |
Years of practice as an academic physician or years at an academic medical institution | |||
< 5 years | 47 (35.9) | 36 (34.0) | 35 (34.7) |
5–15 years | 45 (34.4) | 38 (35.9) | 34 (33.7) |
> 15 years | 39 (29.8) | 32 (30.2) | 32 (31.7) |
Settings in which expert panellists practice | |||
Cardiac intensive care unit | 35 (26.7) | 23 (21.7) | 26 (25.7) |
Cardiac Clinic | 38 (29.0) | 26 (24.5) | 30 (29.7) |
Out Patient Department other than Cardiac Clinic | 67 (51.2) | 52 (49.1) | 48 (47.5) |
Hospital wards | 87 (66.4) | 67 (63.2) | 64 (63.4) |
Emergency Unit | 92 (70.2) | 73 (68.9) | 70 (69.3) |
Frequency of ECG interpretation | |||
At least once a day | 73 (55.7) | 57 (53.8) | 57 (56.4) |
At least once a week | 43 (32.8) | 37 (34.9) | 33 (32.7) |
Less than once a week | 15 (11.5) | 12 (11.3) | 11 (10.9) |
Academic rank | |||
Professor | 10 (7.6) | 8 (7.6) | 8 (7.9) |
Associate professor | 14 (10.7) | 12 (11.3) | 11 (10.9) |
Lecturer / senior lecturer | 82 (62.6) | 67 (63.2) | 60 (59.4) |
Setting in which panellists teach ECGs | |||
Large group teaching (lectures) | 20 (15.3) | 15 (14.2) | 15 (14.9) |
Small group teaching (tutorials) | 60 (45.8) | 45 (42.5) | 44 (43.6) |
Workplace-based teaching (wards) | 120 (91.6) | 96 (90.6) | 91 (90.1) |
Working with | |||
Recent graduates * | 105 (80.2) | 85 (80.2) | 82 (81.2) |
Independent practitioners † | 114 (87.0) | 91 (85.9) | 91 (90.1) |