Table 2 General characteristics of early career peer reviewers (ECRs) participating in the study (n = 119)
Sex | |
Male | 72 (60.5) |
Country | |
France | 52 (43.7) |
USA | 20 (16.8) |
Canada | 18 (15.1) |
UK | 14 (11.8) |
Other European country | 12 (10.1) |
South America | 2 (1.7) |
Africa | 1 (0.8) |
Professional background | |
Physician | 106 (89.1) |
Student | 11 (9.2) |
Other | 2 (1.7) |
Academic background | |
Master of Science | 49 (41.2) |
Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 36 (30.2) |
PhD | 32 (26.9) |
Other | 2 (1.7) |
How did you hear about this training program? | |
Faculty | 84 (70.6) |
Social network | 11 (9.2) |
Network of international students | 7 (5.9) |
Editors of biomedical journals | 2 (1.7) |
Learned societies | 2 (1.7) |
Other | 13 (10.9) |
Previously trained to perform a peer review | 19 (16.0) |
Previously trained to appraise an RCT report | 77 (64.7) |