Participant characteristics (n=366)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 208 (61.9) |
| Prefer not to say | 8 (2.4) |
| Mean age (SD, range), years | 38.1 (10.8) |
| Highest degree | |
| Undergraduate | 101 (30.1) |
| Postgraduate | 117 (34.8) |
| Medical doctorate | 63 (18.8) |
| Research doctorate | 22 (6.5) |
| Other | 11 (3.0) |
| No degree | |
| Diploma | 3 (0.9) |
| Current undergraduate | 3 (0.9) |
| High school education | 16 (4.4) |
| Discipline | |
| Anaesthesia | 68 (20.2) |
| General practice | 53 (15.8) |
| Surgery (various specialties) | 19 (5.7) |
| Surgery—general | 13 (3.9) |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 13 (3.9) |
| Emergency medicine | 10 (3.0) |
| Public health | 7 (2.1) |
| Cardiology | 5 (1.5) |
| Ophthalmology | 5 (1.5) |
| Other medical specialties | 28 (7.7) |
| Midwifery | 32 (9.5) |
| Nursing | 10 (3.0) |
| Physiotherapy | 10 (3.0) |
| Pharmacy | 3 (0.9) |
| Pharmaceutical medicine | 3 (0.9) |
| Other | 57 (17.0) |
| In clinical practice at time of completing e-course | 233 (69.3) |
| Years of clinical experience | |
| Mean (SD) | 10.5 (10.3) |
| Prior training | |
| Shared decision making | |
| Reading material | 103 (30.8) |
| Single lecture or workshop | 57 (17.0) |
| Course >1 day in length | 18 (5.4) |
| None | 158 (47.0) |
| Risk communication | |
| Reading material | 89 (26.5) |
| Single lecture or workshop | 56 (16.7) |
| Course >1 day in length | 18 (5.4) |
| None | 173 (51.5) |
| Subjective numeracy (mean summed score) | 4.35* (SD 0.92) |
*This compares with a mean score of 4.8 in first year medical students in a study in Croatia.46