Access to existing programmes
| Characteristic Clinicians and physician researchers | Fully agree N (%) | Mostly agree N (%) | Partially agree N (%) | Do not agree N (%) | Undecided N (%) | Σ N (%) | χ2, p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) All participants | |||||||
| I do not have enough and timely information about ongoing projects | 61 (11) | 116 (22) | 187 (35.1) | 144 (27.0) | 25 (5) | 533 (100) | NA |
| I cannot afford my educational needs on my own | 157 (30) | 151 (28) | 130 (24) | 75 (14) | 20 (4) | ||
| My department does not provide me enough leave to participate in | 69 (13) | 100 (19) | 169 (32) | 178 (33) | 17 (32) | ||
| I do not have access to departmental/institutional funding | 105 (20) | 135 (25) | 151 (28) | 114 (21) | 28 (5) | ||
| I do not have access to alternative means of funding | 74 (14) | 132 (25) | 176 (33) | 127 (24) | 24 (5) | ||
| The current EULAR educational programme does not cover my educational needs | 14 (3) | 25 (4.7) | 88 (17) | 341 (64) | 65 (12) | ||
| (b) I do not have enough and timely information about ongoing projects—clinical position | |||||||
| Medical student | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) | <0.001 |
| Trainee (internal m.) | 7 (16) | 10 (23) | 15 (35) | 9 (21) | 2 (5) | 43 (100) | |
| Trainee (rheum.) | 39 (13) | 68 (23) | 107 (36) | 67 (23) | 16 (5) | 297 (100) | |
| Young consultant | 15 (8) | 37 (20) | 64 (34) | 67 (36) | 4 (2) | 187 (100) | |
| (c) I cannot afford my educational needs on my own—clinical position | |||||||
| Medical student | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 2 (33) | 6 (100) | <0.001 |
| Trainee (internal m.) | 11 (26) | 14 (33) | 12 (28) | 2 (5) | 4 (9) | 43 (100) | |
| Trainee (rheum.) | 93 (30) | 84 (27) | 70 (22) | 42 (14) | 8 (3) | 297 (100) | |
| Young consultant | 52 (28) | 52 (28) | 46 (25) | 31 (17) | 6 (3) | 187 (100) | |
| (d) The current EULAR educational programme does not cover my educational needs—clinical position | |||||||
| Medical student | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 3 (50) | 6 (100) | <0.001 |
| Trainee (internal m.) | 0 (0) | 3 (7) | 5 (12) | 27 (63) | 8 (19) | 43 (100) | |
| Trainee (rheum.) | 10 (3) | 16 (5) | 52 (18) | 181 (61) | 38 (13) | 297 (100) | |
| Young consultant | 4 (2) | 5 (3) | 30 (16) | 132 (71) | 16 (9) | 187 (100) | |
| (e) I do not have enough and timely information about ongoing projects—country of origin | |||||||
| Group 1 | 22 (10) | 52 (24) | 81 (38) | 49 (23) | 12 (6) | 216 (100) | 0.525 |
| Group 2 | 29 (13) | 47 (21) | 77 (34) | 61 (27) | 11 (5) | 225 (100) | |
| Group 3 | 10 (11) | 17 (19) | 29 (32) | 34 (37) | 2 (2) | 92 (100) | |
| (f) I cannot afford my educational needs on my own—country of origin | |||||||
| Group 1 | 37 (17) | 71 (33) | 61 (28) | 36 (17) | 11 (5) | 216 (100) | 0.525 |
| Group 2 | 72 (32) | 65 (29) | 52 (23) | 28 (12) | 8 (4) | 225 (100) | |
| Group 3 | 48 (52) | 15 (16) | 17 (19) | 11 (12) | 1 (1) | 92 (100) | |
| (g) The current EULAR educational programme does not cover my educational needs—country of origin | |||||||
| Group 1 | 4 (2) | 10 (5) | 36 (17) | 132 (61) | 34 (16) | 216 (100) | 0.690 |
| Group 2 | 6 (3) | 11 (5) | 32 (14) | 153 (68) | 23 (10) | 225 (100) | |
| Group 3 | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 20 (22) | 56 (61) | 8 (9) | 92 (100) | |
(a–g) Total sample with N=656 participants of whom 533 responded to this part of the survey. Values are expressed as absolute numbers and percentages in brackets as N (%).
(a) Analysis with all responses. (b–d) Analysis on categorisation of participants according to clinical position. (e–g) Analysis on categorisation of participants according to country of origin. Countries allocated to groups 1–3 according to the GDP per capita 2014. Group 1: Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Andorra; Group 2: Spain, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, Portugal, Greece, Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Hungary; Group 3: Croatia, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova.
EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; GDP, gross domestic product; NA, not applicable.