Total | Intern/Resident | Registrar | Advanced trainee | Fellow | Staff specialist | |||||||
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(N = 2549) | (n = 549) | (n = 669) | (n = 358) | (n = 135) | (n = 838) | |||||||
Main area of work | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Medical oncology | 879 | 34.5 | 207 | 37.7 | 190 | 28.4 | 145 | 40.5 | 40 | 29.6 | 297 | 35.4 |
Haematology | 440 | 17.3 | 80 | 14.6 | 67 | 10.0 | 94 | 26.3 | 19 | 14.1 | 180 | 21.5 |
General medicine | 435 | 17.1 | 174 | 31.7 | 223 | 33.3 | 12 | 3.4 | 6 | 4.4 | 20 | 2.4 |
Radiation oncology | 336 | 13.2 | 25 | 4.6 | 97 | 14.5 | 45 | 12.6 | 23 | 17.0 | 146 | 17.4 |
Palliative care | 117 | 4.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 16 | 2.4 | 32 | 8.9 | 8 | 5.9 | 55 | 6.6 |
Other* | 137 | 5.4 | 14 | 2.6 | 45 | 6.7 | 8 | 2.2 | 18 | 13.3 | 52 | 6.2 |
Missing | 205 | 8.0 | 43 | 7.8 | 31 | 4.6 | 22 | 6.1 | 21 | 15.6 | 88 | 10.5 |
Year of registration | ||||||||||||
2009 | 177 | 6.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 15 | 2.2 | 40 | 11.2 | 11 | 8.1 | 108 | 12.9 |
2010 | 875 | 34.3 | 110 | 20.0 | 179 | 26.8 | 131 | 36.6 | 53 | 39.3 | 402 | 48.0 |
2011 | 712 | 27.9 | 196 | 35.7 | 209 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.6 | 30 | 22.2 | 189 | 22.6 |
2012 | 785 | 30.8 | 240 | 43.7 | 266 | 39.8 | 99 | 27.7 | 41 | 30.4 | 139 | 16.6 |
Oncology experience | ||||||||||||
<2 years | 1111 | 43.6 | 486 | 88.5 | 408 | 61.0 | 174 | 48.6 | 17 | 12.6 | 26 | 3.1 |
2–5 years | 520 | 20.4 | 45 | 8.2 | 185 | 27.7 | 141 | 39.4 | 51 | 37.8 | 98 | 11.7 |
5–10 years | 304 | 11.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 49 | 7.3 | 35 | 9.8 | 30 | 22.2 | 186 | 22.2 |
> 10 years | 529 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.8 | 34 | 25.2 | 484 | 57.8 |
Missing | 85 | 3.3 | 14 | 2.6 | 19 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 44 | 5.3 |
Health sector | ||||||||||||
Public | 2187 | 85.8 | 531 | 96.7 | 619 | 92.5 | 349 | 97.5 | 95 | 70.4 | 593 | 70.8 |
Private | 150 | 5.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 28 | 4.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 24 | 17.8 | 89 | 10.6 |
Both public and private | 209 | 8.2 | 11 | 2.0 | 22 | 3.3 | 7 | 2.0 | 15 | 11.1 | 154 | 18.4 |
Missing | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.2 |
Location | ||||||||||||
NSW | 1000 | 39.2 | 158 | 28.8 | 257 | 38.4 | 177 | 49.4 | 59 | 43.7 | 349 | 41.6 |
Other Australian states | 1549 | 60.8 | 391 | 71.2 | 412 | 61.6 | 181 | 50.6 | 76 | 56.3 | 489 | 58.4 |
Recency of use | ||||||||||||
Last 3 months of 2012 | 1045 | 41.0 | 138 | 25.1 | 243 | 36.3 | 219 | 61.2 | 52 | 38.5 | 393 | 46.9 |
Last 6 months of 2012 | 1311 | 51.4 | 211 | 38.4 | 316 | 47.2 | 250 | 69.8 | 72 | 53.3 | 462 | 55.1 |
Any time during 2012 | 1659 | 65.1 | 306 | 55.7 | 424 | 63.4 | 285 | 79.6 | 90 | 66.7 | 554 | 66.1 |
No use in 2012 | 890 | 34.9 | 243 | 44.3 | 245 | 36.6 | 73 | 20.4 | 45 | 33.3 | 284 | 33.9 |
Referral source | ||||||||||||
Peer/colleague | 1863 | 73.1 | 493 | 89.8 | 544 | 81.3 | 275 | 76.8 | 93 | 68.9 | 458 | 54.7 |
Cancer Institute communication | 257 | 10.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 19 | 2.8 | 36 | 10.1 | 8 | 5.9 | 190 | 22.7 |
Conference/booth | 49 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.7 | 5 | 3.7 | 23 | 2.7 |
Internet | 93 | 3.6 | 10 | 1.8 | 23 | 3.4 | 17 | 4.7 | 7 | 5.2 | 36 | 4.3 |
Professional organisation | 131 | 5.1 | 10 | 1.8 | 36 | 5.4 | 10 | 2.8 | 11 | 8.1 | 64 | 7.6 |
eviQ education session | 102 | 4.0 | 23 | 4.2 | 25 | 3.7 | 9 | 2.5 | 6 | 4.4 | 39 | 4.7 |
Other | 54 | 2.1 | 6 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 5 | 3.7 | 28 | 3.3 |