Table 2 Demographics from participants of the “test results interpretation” exercise (N = 681)

Gender

Woman: 432 (53. 8%)

Woman: 284 (71.2%)

Woman: 9 (56.2%)

Woman: 73 (67.6%)

Woman: 66 (42.9%)

Man: 239 (35.3%)

Man: 113 (28.3%)

Man: 7 (43.8%)

Man: 34 (31.5%)

Man: 85 (55.2%)

Unknown: 6 (0.9%)

Unknown: 2 (0.5%)

Unknown: 0 (0%)

Unknown: 1 (0.9%)

Unknown: 3 (1.9%)

Age

Median = 20 to 25 [IQR = 20 to 25–30 to 35]

Median = 20 to 25 [IQR = 20 to 25–20 to 25]

Median = 25 to 30 [IQR = 20 to 25–25 to 30]

Median = 25 to 30 [IQR = 20 to 25–25 to 30]

Median = 35 to 40 [IQR = 30 to 35–45 to 50]

Experience (year)

1:10 (2.5%)

1: 6c (61.1%)

Less than 5 years: 47 (30.5%)

2: 47 (11.7%)

2: 11 (10.2%)

5 to 10 years: 37 (24%)

3:5S (14.5%)

3:15 (13.9%)

10 to 15 years: 22 (14.3%)

4:107 (26.7%)

4:11 (10.2%)

15 to 20 years: 12 (7.8%)

5:75 (1S.7%)

5: 5 (4.6%)

20 to 25 years: 9 (5.8%)

6:104 (25.9%)

25 to 30 years: 6 (3.9%)

30 to 35 years: 10 (6.5%)

35 to 40 years: 7 (4.5%)

More than 40 years: 4 (2.6%)

Specialty (top 5}

1 don't know yet: 85 (21.2%)

General practice: 36 (33.3%)

Neurology: 31 (19.9%)

General practice: 39 (9.7%)

Neurology: 13 (1Z%)

General practice: 30 (19.2%)

Surgery: 23 (5.7%)

CCM/anesthesiology: 9 (8.3%)

CCM/anesthesiology: 20 (12.8%)

Pediatrics: 15 (3.7%)

Surgery: 5 (4.6%)

Psychiatry: 13 (8.3%)

Anesthesia—int. care: 12 (3%)

Pediatrics: 4 (3.7%)

Public health: 6 (3.8%)

Type of practice (top 3)

In a public hospital: 94 (60.3%)

In a medical office: 26 (16.7%)

In a private hospital: 15 (9.6%)

Research time (%)

[0,20): 104 (66.7%)

[20,40): 21 (13.5%)

[40,60): 14 (9%)

[60,80): 4 (2.6%)

[80,100]: 11 (7.1%)

Unknown: 2(1.3%)