Early career researchers’ perspectives and roles in patient-oriented research

Table 1 Panelists’ demographic characteristics

Characteristics	Panelists (n = 16)
Age (years)
< 25	1
25 to 34	7
35 to 44	7
45 to 54	1
Gender
Male	7
Female	9
Highest degree of education completed ^a
Bachelor’s	16
Master’s	15
MD (Medical doctor)	6
Doctorate (PhD)	6^b
Postdoctoral studies	4
Discipline studied
Medicine	5
Pharmacology	2
Public health	2
Health sciences	2
Nursing	1
Clinical research	1
Chemistry	1
Epidemiology	1
Bioethics	1
Main occupation
Clinician	2^c
Master’s student	1
PhD student	8
Postdoctoral fellow	3
Professor	2
Research professional	1

^aSome have more than one degree
^bTwo of these six are also MDs
^cThey are two physicians whose time was divided between clinical, teaching, and research activities

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