Table 1 Respondent demographics
N | % of respondents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Continent of practice | Asia Africa Europe North America South America Oceania | 13 5 140 7 1 2 | 7.7% 3% 83.3% 4.2% 0.6% 1.2% |
Specialty | General surgery Trauma surgery Orthopaedic surgery Vascular surgery GI surgery Anaesthesiology HPB, transplant Intensivist Breast surgeon | 146 13 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 86.9% 7.7% 1.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% |
Level of training | Senior consultant Junior consultant Trainee Other | 86 53 25 4 | 51.2% 31.5% 14.9% 2.3% |
Years of professional experience | 0–5 6–15 > 15 | 38 67 63 | 22.6% 39.9% 37.5% |
Type of hospital | Academic Non-academic: Public/state Rural Ambulatory surgery centre Private District general | 107 61 53 4 0 3 1 | 63.7% 36.3% 31.5% 2.4% 0% 1.8% 0.6% |