Table 2 Demographics of the tool development panel

Field^a (Total N = 23)

 Neonatology

21 (91%)

 Palliative Care

1 (4%)

 Maternal Fetal Medicine

2 (8%)

Level of training

 Attending

19 (83%)

 Fellow

4 (17%)

Years in respective subspecialty (median with IQR)

8 (4–33)

Formal role in Prenatal Clinic

4 (17%)

Self-identified gender

 Female

11 (48%)

 Male

12 (52%)

Racial Identity^a

 Asian

2 (9%)

 White

21 (91%)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic or Latino

1 (4%)

Types of counseling routinely performed^a

 Peri-viability

19 (83%)

 Congenital conditions expected to require surgery

15 (65%)

 Congenital conditions expected to require medical care

17 (74%)

 Prenatal genetic testing

14 (61%)

 Other

4 (17%)

Counseling settings^a

 Inpatient

21 (91%)

 Outpatient

13 (56%)

Previous counseling training^a

 Prenatal counseling workshop

4 (17%)

 Communication training (eg. Vital Talk)

16 (70%)

 Communication educator training

8 (35%)

 Prenatal counseling simulations

10 (43%)

 Observed expert counselors

22 (96%)

 Individual coaching on counseling/communication

9 (39%)

 Other

2 (9%)

Prenatal counseling sessions performed in the past 6 months (median with IQR)

15 (9–26)