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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the interviewees

From: The state of undergraduate palliative care education at Austrian medical schools – a mixed methods study

Category

Number

Percentage

Gender

 Female

12

57.1%

 Male

9

42.9%

Relation to undergraduate palliative care education in Austria

 Current occupation in undergraduate palliative care education

14

66.7%

 Current occupation in undergraduate non-palliative care education

1

4.8%

 Former occupation in undergraduate palliative care education

1

4.8%

 Future occupation in undergraduate palliative care education

1

4.8%

 External experts

4

19.0%

University degree

 Professor

8

38.1%

 Private lecturer (Privatdozent)

2

9.5%

 No post-doc (Keine Habilitation)

11

52.4%

Profession

 Physician

21

100.0%

Clinical work environment

 Palliative care unit (Austria)

10

47.6%

 Hospice (Austria)

3

14.3%

 Palliative care unit (other country)

3

14.3%

 Retirement (after palliative care work in Austria)

2

9.5%

 Non-palliative care unit (Austria)

1

4.8%

 Non-palliative care unit (other country)

1

4.8%

 Medical directorate (Austria)

1

4.8%

Total

21