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) |