Table 1

Demographics and work profile of study participants

Cycle 1–3 participants: N=10
Age (years)
 <301
 30–391
 40–494
 50–593
 60–651
 >65
Sex
 Women5
 Men5
Area of practice
 Family medicine10
 General internal medicine
Years in practice
 <51
 5–101
 11–152
 16–252
 >254
Work setting*
  Private office/clinic (excluding free-standing walk-in clinics)7
 Community clinic/Community health centre
 Free-standing walk-in clinic
 Academic health sciences centre4
 Community hospital
 Nursing home/home for aged
 University/faculty of medicine1
 Administrative office
 Research unit
 Free-standing laboratory/diagnostic clinic
 Other (1 rehabilitation centre; 2 emergency room)2
Practice population
 Inner city4
 Urban/suburban6
 Small town
 Rural
 Geographically isolated/remote
 Other
  • *Participants listed all settings where they worked (up to three settings per person).