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