Personal and professional characteristics of Scottish Quality and Safety fellows
| Factor | N (%) Cohorts 1–10 (total n=222) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 129 (58.1) |
| Male | 93 (41.2) |
| Professional grouping | |
| Medical doctors (excluding GPs) | 138 (62.0) |
| General medical practitioners | 6 (2.7) |
| Nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals | 59 (26.6) |
| Pharmacists | 9 (4.0) |
| Dentists | 1 (0.5) |
| Others | 3 (1.4) |
| Unknown | 6 (2.7) |
| Care sector base | |
| Acute hospital setting | 191 (86.0) |
| Primary care | 12 (5.0) |
| Community | 12 (5.0) |
| Mental health | 0 (0.0) |
| Other | 7 (3.0) |
| Country | |
| Scotland | 143 (64.0) |
| Northern Ireland | 34 (15.0) |
| Norway | 15 (7.0) |
| Ireland | 14 (6.0) |
| Denmark | 13 (6.0) |
| Wales | 1 (0.5) |
| England | 1 (0.5) |
| Canada | 1 (0.5) |
| Fellowship cohort | |
| 1 | 6 (3.0) |
| 2 | 12 (5.0) |
| 3 | 13 (6.0) |
| 4 | 16 (7.0) |
| 5 | 22 (10.0) |
| 6 | 29 (13.0) |
| 7 | 29 (13.0) |
| 8 | 30 (14.0) |
| 9 | 32 (14.0) |
| 10 | 33 (15.0) |