Table 1

Demographics of the respondents

Characteristics
Employees (n = 13,537)

Mean age, years (range)
40.5 (15 to 78)
Female gender, %
76.1
Race, %

     African American
14.4
     American Indian
0.2
     Asian
4.6
     Caucasian
78.4
     Hispanic
2.4
     Not Reported
0.1
Education level N = 11 898, %

     No high school diploma
0.1
     High school diploma
22.3
     Bachelor's degree
33.7
     Master's degree
8.6
     Doctorate degree
15.3
     Other
20.0
Computer usage, %

     Daily
82.4
     More than once a week
7.9
     Weekly
3.5
     Occasionally
5.5
     Never
0.7
Past participation in online training, %

     Yes
50.0
     No
44.0
     Don't know/not sure
6.0
Site of accessing online course, %

     Home
9.7
     Office/Clinical workstation
80.2
     Library
3.7
     Other
6.3

Atreja et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:48   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-48