Research Article
The Current Status and a New Approach for Chinese Doctors to Obtain Medical Knowledge Using Social Media: A Study of WeChat
Table 1
Summary of general information.
| Category | Number of respondents | Percentage (%) |
| Gender | | | Males | 134 | 45.89 | Females | 158 | 54.11 | Age | | | Under 18 | 0 | 0 | 18–25 | 48 | 16.44 | 26–30 | 61 | 20.89 | 31–40 | 95 | 32.53 | 41–50 | 72 | 24.66 | 51–60 | 15 | 5.14 | Above 60 | 1 | 0.34 | Education | | | High school/vocational school | 2 | 0.68 | College/university | 117 | 40.07 | Master | 119 | 40.75 | Doctorate or above | 54 | 18.49 | Professional level | | | Intern | 48 | 16.44 | Resident | 69 | 23.63 | Attending doctor | 84 | 28.77 | Associate Professor | 61 | 20.89 | Professor | 30 | 10.27 |
| Total | 292 | |
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