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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Chinese medical teachers’ cultural attitudes influence palliative care education: a qualitative study

Category

Number (n=28)

Sex

 Male

13 (46,4%)

 Female

15 (53,6%)

University

 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

15 (53,6%)

 Tongji University, Shanghai

3 (10,7%)

 Peking University, Beijing

2 (7,1%)

 University of Science and Technology, Hefei

5 (17,9%)

 Southeast University, Nanjing

1 (3,6%)

 Jinan University, Guangzhou

1 (3,6%)

 South Medical University, Guangzhou

1 (3,6%)

Function

 Key person in palliative care education (responsible for form and content of palliative care education)

0

 Key person in medical education (responsible for form and content of medical education)

7 (25%)

 Medical Teacher working in the field of palliative care

10 (35,7%)

 Medical Teacher

28 (100%)

Positions

 Hospital President

1 (3,6%)

 Hospital Vice President

4 (14,3%)

 Medical College Vice Director

1 (3,6%)

 Chief of Teaching Office in Hospital with affiliated Medical College

1 (3,6%)

 Department Director

3 (10,7%)

 Department Vice Director

1 (3,6%)

 Department Secretary of Teaching

1 (3,6%)

 Medical College/University Professor

7 (25%)

 Medical College/University Associate Professor

2 (7,1%)

 Attending

  Oncology

7 (25%)

  Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

1 (3,6%)

  Gynecology

1 (3,6%)

  Gastroenterology

2 (7,1%)

  Anaesthesia

2 (7,1%)

  Traditional Chinese Medicine

1 (3,6%)

  Thoracic Surgery

1 (3,6%)

  Traumatology

1 (3,6%)

  Orthopedic Surgery

1 (3,6%)

  Traditional Chinese Medicine

2 (7,1%)

  Radiation Oncology

3 (10,7%)

  Pulmonology

1 (3,6%)

  Nuclear Medicine

1 (3,6%)

  Urology

1 (3,6%)

  Nephrology

1 (3,6%)

  Geriatrics

1 (3,6%)

 Resident

  Geriatrics

1 (3,6%)

Clinical Experience

 

 >  15 years

14 (50%)

 <  15 years

7 (25%)

 No clinical experience

1 (3,6%)

 Unknown

6 (21,4%)