Journal of Biomedical Education

Research Article

Continuing Medical Education for Primary Care Physicians in Israel: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Study population demography and physician practice characteristics ( ).
  %
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)