Table 3 Article distribution according to clinical profession and medical specialty context. This table reports the distribution of included articles (n = 173) according to clinical profession and reported EPA attributes of alignment with professional standards, primary clinical and/or education purpose, and evaluation. Articles in the medicine discipline are further represented according to sub-specialty, both as a proportion of the total number of included articles in the review (n = 173); and as a proportion of articles in medicine (n = 162, 94%). Abbreviations: Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Obs/gynae) Public Health & Preventative Medicine (PHMC); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
EPA(s) attribute: | Â | Â | Aligned with professional standards | Clinical and/or education purpose | Evaluation reported | ||||
| Â | No. articles | No. articles | No. articles | No. articles | |||||
Health discipline | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Medicine—all specialties | 162 | (94) | 122 | 75 | 159 | 92 | 28 | 17 | |
Nursing/Practitioner | 6 | (3) | 4 | 67 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
Pharmacy/Pharmacology | 2 | (1) | 2 | 100 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
Dentistry | 1 | (1) | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
Physio/physical Therapy | 1 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 1 | |
Respiratory Therapy | 1 | (1) | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
Medicine specialty | No. articles | % of Medicine | Medicine specialty | No. articles | % of Medicine | ||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||||
Paediatrics | 29 | (17) | 18 | Community | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Internal Medicine | 18 | (10) | 11 | Ear, Nose & Throat | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Surgery | 18 | (10) | 11 | Geriatrics | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Cross-specialty | 15 | (9) | 9 | Gastrointestinal | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Emergency Medicine | 9 | (5) | 6 | Hospice and Palliative | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Psychiatry | 8 | (5) | 5 | Pathology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Gastroenterology | 7 | (4) | 4 | Neurosurgery | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Radiology | 5 | (3) | 3 | Otorhinolaryngology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Obs/gynae | 4 | (2) | 2 | Palliative | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Other specialty | 4 | (2) | 2 | PM&R | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Anaesthetics | 4 | (2) | 2 | Primary Care, Oral Health | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Family Medicine | 3 | (2) | 2 | Neurology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
General Practice | 3 | (2) | 2 | Radiation Oncology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Oncology | 3 | (2) | 2 | Resuscitation | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Sports/Orthopaedics | 3 | (2) | 2 | Rheumatology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Intensive care | 2 | (1) | 1 | Stroke | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Nephrology | 2 | (1) | 1 | Surgery Neuro-Oncology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Pulmonary & critical care | 2 | (1) | 1 | Telehealth | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Adolescent | 1 | (1) | 1 | Urology | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||
Cardiology | 1 | (1) | 1 | PHPM | 1 | (1) | 1 | ||