Table 1 Demographic characteristics of scope-of-practice transfer psychiatrists and univariate analysis of clinical competence (N = 291)
Characteristics | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Clinical competence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Test statistics | P-value | |||
Age (years) | 42.21 ± 7.96 | r = −0.087 | 0.137 | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 177 (60.8) | 8.13 ± 1.351 | T = 1.491 | 0.137 | |
Female | 114 (39.2) | 7.86 ± 1.645 | |||
Practice level | |||||
Practicing physician | 239 (82.1) | 8.00 ± 1.519 | T = -0.619 | 0.536 | |
Physician assistant | 52 (17.9) | 8.14 ± 1.268 | |||
Practice category | |||||
Clinical medicine | 200 (68.7) | 7.86 ± 1.450 | T = -2.771 | 0.006 | |
Traditional Chinese medicine | 91 (31.3) | 8.38 ± 1.480 | |||
Professional ranks and titles | |||||
Resident physician | 180 (61.9) | 8.08 ± 0.111 | F = 0.544 | 0.581 | |
Attending physician | 89 (30.6) | 7.89 ± 0.159 | |||
Associate chief physician and above | 22 (7.6) | 8.14 ± 0.289 | |||
Reasons for attending in the transfer training for psychiatrists | |||||
Be interested and volunteered | 193 (66.3) | 8.39 ± 0.097 | F = 21.023 | <0.001 | |
Job-demanded and volunteered | 23 (7.9) | 7.74 ± 0.211 | |||
Hospital arranged | 75 (25.8) | 7.18 ± 0.179 | |||