Table 1 Participant demography
Characteristics | Total = 137 N (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
 18–24 | 11 (8) |
 25–34 | 69 (50) |
 35–44 | 24 (18) |
 45–54 | 18 (13) |
 55–64 | 15 (11) |
Gender | |
 Female | 98 (72) |
 Male | 36 (26) |
 Prefer not to say | 3 (2) |
Highest level of education completed | |
 Certificate/diploma | 6 (4) |
 University undergraduate | 84 (61) |
 University post-graduate Masters | 46 (34) |
 No response | 1 (1) |
Clinical Profession | |
 Nursing | 51 (37) |
 Medicine | 33 (24) |
 Allied Health | 52 (38) |
  Physiotherapy | 17 (12) |
  Pharmacy | 9 (7) |
  Phlebotomy | 7 (5) |
  Dietetics | 5 (4) |
  Sonography/radiography | 5 (4) |
  Occupational Therapy | 4 (3) |
  Psychology | 3 (2) |
  Speech pathology | 1 (1) |
  Social work | 1 (1) |
 No response | 1 (1) |
Department/specialist discipline | |
 Acute Medicala | 39 (28) |
 Rehabilitation | 24 (18) |
 Critical Careb | 18 (13) |
 Medical Imaging, Diagnostics, Pharmacy | 16 (12) |
 Aged Care, Palliative Care | 13 (10) |
 Surgicalc | 11 (8) |
 No response | 16 (12) |
Years of clinical experience | |
 0–5 | 42 (31) |
 6–10 | 43 (32) |
 11–15 | 19 (14) |
 16–20 | 7 (5) |
 More than 20 | 25 (18) |
 No response | 1 (1) |