Demographics | |
a) Pilot group (n=10) | |
Age | 43.4±4.9 years |
Male | 5 (50%) |
Median experience# | 6–10 years |
Specialities: | |
Pulmonary | 5 (50%) |
Internal medicine | 3 (30%) |
Paediatric pulmonology | 1 (10%) |
Radiology | 1 (10%) |
Level of training/role: | |
Attending physician | 6 (60%) |
Fellow | 4 (40%) |
House officer | 0 (0%) |
MMed | 0 (0%) |
b) Focus group discussion (n=12) | |
Age | 36.8±7.2 years |
Male | 8 (66%) |
Median experience# | ≤5 years |
Specialities: | |
Pulmonary | 6 (50%) |
Internal medicine | 3 (25%) |
Radiology | 1 (8%) |
Un-specialised | 2 (17%) |
Level of training/role: | |
Attending | 3 (25%) |
Fellow | 4 (33%) |
House officer | 3 (25%) |
MMed | 2 (17%) |
c) Sub-Saharan PATS survey (n=58) | |
Age | 46.0±10.6 years |
Male | 44 (76%) |
Median experience# | 6–10 years |
Specialities: | |
Pulmonary (%) (adult/paediatric) | 41 (71%) (39/2) |
General medicine (%) (adult/paediatric) | 10 (17%) (9/1) |
Physiotherapist | 2 (3%) |
Surgery | 1 (2%) |
Occupational and public health | 4 (7%) |
Level of training/role: | |
Physician | 46 (79%) |
PhD researcher | 8 (14%) |
Nurse | 2 (3%) |
Respiratory therapist | 1 (2%) |
MMed | 1 (2%) |
Countries represented | 17 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise indicated. PATS: Pan-African Thoracic Society; MMed: Masters in Medicine (MD equivalent). #: ordinal ranking (≤5 years, 6–10 years, 11–20 years, 21–30 years, 31–40 years, >40 years).