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Table 2 Staffing of the Québec’s 23 Rural EDS

From: Portrait of rural emergency departments in Québec and utilization of the provincial emergency department management Guide: cross sectional survey

Characteristic

Means ± SDa or %

Physicians Working full time in ED

6 ± 7

Physicians Working part time in ED

7 ± 6

Years of experience

 

 0–5 years

31 %

 6–10 years

20 %

 11–15 years

18 %

 16–20 years

18 %

 Over 20 years

12 %

Percentage of locum doctors per period

 

 January to April

14 %

 May to August

15 %

 September to December

13 %

No of nurses in ED

 

 Day shift

3 ± 1

 Evening shift

3 ± 1

 Night shift

2 ± 1

Nurses certification

 

 Auxiliary

1 ± 3

 Québec’s College (CEGEP)

15 ± 8

 Bachelors

4 ± 2

  1. aStandard error