Implementation of evidence on management of pleural diseases: insights from a territory-wide survey of clinicians in Hong Kong

Table 1 Demographics of survey participants

	Total number of survey participants (n=129)
	Non-respiratory clinicians (n=82)	Respiratory clinicians (n=47)
Basic physician training^a	35	0
Higher physician training	20	17
Specialists	10	8
Specialists with supervisory role	17	22

^aBasic physician training consists of 3-year training in general internal medicine with interim examination, which is a mandatory requirement for entry into higher training of respiratory or non-respiratory streams

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