Heart failure management insights from primary care physicians and allied health care providers in Southwestern Ontario

Table 2 Educational background and current practice

Category	N	%^a
Education
Country of graduation
Canada	85	72
USA	2	1.7
Other Counties	24	20.3
Year of graduation
1970 to 1979	8	7.3
1980 to 1989	14	12.7
1990 to 1999	17	15.5
2000 to 2019	27	24.5
2010 to 2019	44	40.0
Post-graduate Medical Training^b
Family Medicine	55	46.2
Other	29	24.3
No Post-graduate Medical Training	43	36.1
Practice Location
Rural	36	30.5
Urban	78	66.1
Hospital Privileges
No	38	32.2
Yes	76	64.4
Type of Hospital Setting
Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC)	41	34.7
Community hospital	28	23.7
Emergency department (in community hospital or AHSC)	2	1.7
Non-AHSC teaching hospital	2	1.7
Other hospital	1	.8

^aPercentage calculated from overall sample
^bEight respondents reported having other post-graduate medical training in addition to family medicine

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