Research Article
Continuing Medical Education for Primary Care Physicians in Israel: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Study population demography and physician practice characteristics (
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| | | % |
| Demographic characteristics |
| Age | | | 30–50 | | | 51+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 31–79 | | | (mis = 54) | Gender | | | Male | | | | | (mis = 25) | Country of birth | | | Israel | | | East Europe and USSR | | | Other | | | | | (mis = 40) |
| Physician and practice characteristics |
| Graduated Medical School in | | | Israel | | | Other | | | | | (mis = 37) | Years as a physician | | | 1–10 | | | 11–19 | | | 20+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 4–54 | | | (mis = 89) | Specialists in (more than one answer could be marked) | | | Family physician | | | Pediatrician | | | Internal medicine | | | General practitioner | | | Geriatrician | | | Other | | | | | | Graduated specialty in | | | Israel | | | East Europe and USSR | | | Other | | | | | (mis = 14) | Years as a specialist | | | 1–10 | | | 11–19 | | | 20+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 0–51 | | | (mis = 67) | Number of years in practice in primary care in Israel | | | 1–10 | | | 11–19 | | | 20+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 1–50 | | | (mis = 58) | Teaching involvement | | | Yes | | | | | (mis = 66) | Academic affiliation | | | Yes | | | | | (mis = 97) | Were you a partner in planning/developing teaching programs? | | | Yes | | | | | (mis = 79) | Characteristic of main working clinic | | | Urban | | | Rural | | | Child health center | | | Other | | | | | (mis = 20) | Position | | | Head of clinic | | | Primary physician | | | Other | | | | | (mis = 25) | Number of population under your care (main clinic) | | | ≤1000 | | | 1001–1500 | | | 1500+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 50–9500 | | | (mis = 194) | Other clinics you work at (more than one answer could be marked) | | | Urban | | | Rural | | | Child health center | | | Other | | | | | | Number of hours seeing patients/week | | | ≤30 | | | 31–45 | | | 45+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 2–90 | | | (mis = 64) | Average number of patients seen/day (7 hours) | | | ≤20 | | | 21–35 | | | 36–50 | | | 51+ | | | Average ± st. dv. | | Range | 4–110 | | 901 | (mis = 78) |
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