The fact that there are no pay rises after the third year of specialisation is going to put people off, with paediatrics having an eight-year programme before qualification as a consultant.
The professional background of the CHC-nurses involves RSCNs who are registered nurses with one year of specialisation in health- and medical care of children and young people, while DNs are registered nurses with 1.5 year of specialisation in primary health- and medical care of children, adults and the elderly.
However, they were representative concerning age, years since graduation, years of practicing and specialisation.
The questionnaire (see Additional file 1) contained information about demographics, years of experience, area of specialisation and case scenarios.
A resident (Hungarian: rezidens) is a person who has graduated from medical school and is spending the first two years of postgraduate training in specialisation.
Data from the registry of the Swiss Medical Association suggests that our recruited GPs are representative of all eligible GPs with respect to age, proportion of female physicians, specialisation, years of postgraduate training and years in private practice.
Additional questions asked about age, gender, year of study and programme of specialisation (for postgraduate students only).
' R2 213-226 Many students were also considering - or intending to complete - the optional extra foundation training year to secure the option of specialisation.
The following characteristics of the respondents were analysed: type of practice (stratum), geographical area, gender, year of graduation, degree and field of specialisation.
The representativeness of respondents was tested for type of practice, geographical area, gender, year of graduation, degree and field of specialisation.
