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Table 3 Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of participating general practitioners (GPs) and general practitioner trainees (GPTs)

From: The ACA training programme to improve communication between general practitioners and their palliative care patients: development and applicability

Characteristics of participants

GPs, N = 62

GPTs, N = 501

Gender, female N (%)

28 (45%)

36 (72%)

Age, mean (range)

48 (33-60)

31 (26–47)

Years of experience as a GP, mean (range)

17 (1–34)

n.a.2

Group or single-handed (vocational) practice

  

- group practice, N (%)

24 (39%)

16 (32%)

- duo practice, N (%)

23 (37%)

20 (40%)

- single-handed practice, (%)

15 (24%)

14 (28%)

(Vocational) practice location area urban or rural

  

- urban, N (%)

22 (36%)

26 (52%)

Working or attending vocational training part-time or full-time3

  

- part-time, N (%)

32(52%)

11 (22%)

Vocational GP trainers, N (%)

17 (27%)

n.a.

Courses in palliative care attended by GP during the previous two years, N (%)

31(50%)

n.a.

Specific experience of GPT in palliative care at baseline, N (%)

n.a.

16 (32%)

GP estimate of number of palliative care patients in the practice who died during the previous year, mean (range)4

8 (1–40)

n.a.

GPT estimate of number of palliative care patients for whom GPT provided palliative care during the first year of vocational training, mean (range)

n.a.

2 (0–5)

  1. 1 four GPTs did not complete their form (holiday 2x and unknown reason 2x); 2 n.a. = not applicable; 3 full-time = 90-100%; 4 one GP answered ‘don’t know’.