Table 1

Demographics of physicians surveyed in needs assessment

Respondent Characteristics
# of Respondents
% of Respondents

Practice Location


     UC Davis
42
51%
     Mount Sinai
40
49%
Number of Patients with Acute Food Allergy Seen Annually


     0
16
20%
     1–10
54
65%
     >10
12
15%
Number of Patients with History of Food Allergy Seen Annually


     0
2
2%
     1–10
40
49%
     >10
40
49%
Specialty Board Certification


     Internal Medicine
29
35%
     Emergency Medicine
23
28%
     Pediatrics
20
24%
     Family Practice
11
14%
     Other Primary Care (i.e. adolescent health, pediatric emergency medicine,
     nurse practitioner, physician assistant)
5
6%

Data regarding practice characteristics was collected on each respondent as part of the written survey (n = 82).

Yu et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:45   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-45