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Table 2 Clinician characteristics

From: Normalization of a conversation tool to promote shared decision making about anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation within a practical randomized trial of its effectiveness: a cross-sectional study

Clinician characteristics

Academic medical center (n = 94)

Community group practice (n = 43)

Safety net system (n = 46)

Total (N = 183)

Missing information (n)

12

0

3

15

Women (n, %)

32 (39)

27 (63)

24 (56)

83 (49)

Age (mean, SD)

43 (12)

41 (12)

43 (11)

43 (12)

Clinician type (n, %)

 MD/DO

61 (74)

39 (91)

25 (58)

125 (74)

 Resident

24 (29)

19 (44)

2 (5)

45 (27)

 NP/PA

17 (21)

4 (9)

10 (23)

31 (19)

 PharmD

4 (5)

0 (0)

4 (9)

8 (5)

 RN

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (9)

4 (2)

Clinician specialty (n, %)

 Family medicine

2 (2)

28 (65)

0 (0)

30 (18)

 Internal medicine

10 (12)

6 (14)

32 (74)

48 (29)

 Cardiology

52 (64)

5 (12)

7 (16)

64 (38)

 Pharmacy

4 (5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (2)

 Other

14 (17)

4 (9)

4 (9)

22 (13)

Years in practice (mean, SD)*

13 (10)

18 (9)

10 (10)

13 (10)

  1. aExcludes resident physicians (physicians in training)