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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Impact of short basic emergency medicine training in introducing emergency medicine as a specialty in Sub-Saharan Africa: experience from Tanzania

  Overall ALMC KCMC BMC MZRH
Total number of participants N (%) 96 (100.0) 25 (26.0) 21 (22.0) 25 (26.0) 25 (26.0)
Age: median (IQR) years   34 (28.0–43.0) 37 (28.0–47.0) 31 (27.0–44.0) 34 (28.0–43.5) 35 (26.0–42.5)
Male n (%) 35 (36.0) 7 (28.0) 4 (19.0) 12 (48.0) 12 (48.0)
Education level
 Certificate n (%) 23 (24.0) 4 (16.0) 2 (10.0) 5 (20.0) 12 (48.0)
 Diploma n (%) 43 (45.0) 12 (48.0) 9 (43.0) 13 (52.0) 9 (36.0)
 Degree n (%) 30 (31.0) 9 (36.0) 10 (47.0) 7 (28.0) 4 (16.0)
Cadres
 Doctors n (%) 26 (27.0) 9 (36.0) 6 (29.0) 6 (24.0) 5 (20.0)
 Nurses n (%) 60 (63.0) 15 (60.0) 15 (71.0) 13 (52.0) 17 (68.0)
 Administrators n (%) 3 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.0) 1 (4.00)
 Others n (%) 7 (7.0) 1 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (16.0) 2 (8.0)
Working experience (years)
 Less than 5 n (%) 44 (46.0) 9 (36.0) 10 (48.0) 14 (56.0) 11 (44.0)
Department
 Internal medicine n (%) 20 (21.0) 3 (12.0) 2(10.0) 8 (32.0) 7 (28.0)
 Obstetrics/gynecology n (%) 4 (4.0) 1 (4.0) 2 (10.0) 1 (04.0) 0 (0.0)
 Pediatrics n (%) 11 (11.0) 1 (4.0) 7 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (12.0)
 Surgery n (%) 20 (21.0) 8 (32.0) 1 (4.0) 5 (20.0) 6 (24.0)
 Anesthesia n (%) 2 (2.0) 2 (8.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Casualty/OPD n (%) 13 (14.0) 2 (8.0) 3 (14.0) 3 (12.0) 5 (20.0)
 ICU n (%) 7 (7.0) 2 (8.0) 2 (10.0) 2 (8.0) 1 (4.0)
 Administration n (%) 19 (20.0) 6 (24.0) 4 (19.0) 6 (24.0) 3 (12.0)
EM awareness
 Presence of formal EM n (%) 22 (23.0) 9 (36.0) 13 (62.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Worked in EM department n (%) 14 (15.0) 7 (28.0) 7 (33.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Family member treated at ED n (%) 40 (42.0) 9 (36.0) 11 (52.0) 12 (48.0) 8 (32.0)