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Table 1 Characteristics of participants that completed the survey

From: Are early career family physicians prepared for practice in Canada? A qualitative study

 

AB

BC

MB

Maritimes

NL

ON

QC

SK

Territories

Total

Number of Participants

10

9

7

6

8

13

8

7

7

75

Age (mean)

33.2

34.7

33.4

37.8

33.8

34.2

32.1

33.1

35.0

34.1

Sex

          

 Female

6

8

3

6

7

6

6

4

6

52

 Male

4

1

3

 

1

7

2

3

1

22

 Prefer not to answer

  

1

      

1

Years in Practice

          

 Two

 

2

1

 

3

 

1

  

7

 Three

10

6

4

4

2

10

4

1

4

45

 Four

 

1

2

1

1

3

3

3

1

15

 Five

   

1

2

  

2

2

7

 Missing

       

1

 

1

Place of Residency Training

          

 Trained in Canada

12

7

7

4

11

19

7

7

 

74

 Trained partially outside Canada

      

1

  

1

Practice Location

          

 Inner City

 

1

1

1

 

1

   

4

 Urban/ Suburban

4

6

2

2

2

4

4

3

1

28

 Small Town

2

  

2

 

1

2

1

 

8

 Rural

2

 

1

 

4

3

 

1

 

11

 Remote/ Isolated

     

1

  

2

3

 Mixture of environments

2

2

3

1

2

3

2

2

4

21

Practice Model

          

 Solo practice

   

1

2

    

3

 Group physician practice

7

6

  

4

4

5

2

3

31

 Interprofessional team-based practice

 

2

3

4

2

7

2

4

3

27

 Mixed practice

1

1

3

1

     

6

 Other

2

 

1

  

2

1

1

1

8

Practice Type

          

 Comprehensive in one setting

1

2

 

1

 

4

4

  

12

 Comprehensive in multiple settings

7

3

5

3

4

6

1

3

5

37

 Comprehensive with a special interest

 

4

  

1

1

2

1

1

10

 Focused

1

 

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

7

 Other

1

 

1

1

3

1

 

2

 

9

Academic affiliation

          

 Yes

8

6

6

4

5

9

7

7

6

58

 No

2

3

1

2

3

4

1

 

1

17