Table 1

Characteristics of doctors

Characteristics
Data*

Number

     Total
134
     Male
82 (61.2)
     Female
52 (38.8)


Age, year
28 ± 3


Designation

     Residents
103 (76.9)
     Interns
31 (23.1)


Training programmes

     None
84 (62.7)
     Internal medicine
15 (11.2)
     Anaesthesiology
8 (6.0)
     Radiology
8 (6.0)
     Family medicine
5 (3.7)
     Paediatrics
3 (2.2)
     Emergency medicine
3 (2.2)
     Ophthalmology
2 (1.5)
     Otolaryngology
2 (1.5)
     Surgery and orthopaedics
2 (1.5)
     Obstetrics and gynaecology
1 (0.7)
     Psychiatry
1 (0.7)


Postgraduate year status

     1
31 (23.1)
     2
20 (14.9)
     3
11 (8.2)
     4
17 (12.7)
     5
19 (14.2)
     6
8 (6.0)
     7
10 (7.5)
     8
6 (4.5)
     9
3 (2.2)
     10 or more
9 (6.7)

* Data are presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation.

Phua and Lim BMC Medical Education 2008 8:39   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-39