Table 2
Frequencies of Generic Question Type by Clinician Type and Outcome Rates by Clinician Type
| Question Type Frequency (Average per Session) | |||||
| Generic Question Type | MD N = 6 | NP N = 4 | PA N = 1 | RN N = 3 | Total N = 14 |
| How is this done at this institution?† (‡NP) | 29 (4.8) | 20 (5) | 3 (3) | 8 (2.7) | 57 (4.1) |
| What is the dose of drug x?* (‡MD) | 33 (5.5) | 10 (2.5) | 7 (7) | 1 (0.34) | 44 (3.1) |
| Can drug x cause (adverse) finding y?* | 14 (2.3) | 13 (3.3) | 3 (3) | 6 (0.5) | 33 (2.4) |
| What is this (unfamiliar) domain-specific information?† (‡PA) | 22 (3.7) | 3 (0.75) | 8 (8) | 6 (0.5) | 31 (2.2) |
| What are my patient's data?† | 10 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) | 2 (2) | 12 (4) | 28 (2) |
| What is the patient education related to x?† (‡RN) | 0 | 1 (0.25) | 0 | 23 (7.7) | 24 (1.7) |
| How should I manage condition x (not specifying diagnostic or therapeutic)?* | 3 (0.5) | 5 (1.3) | 0 | 8 (2.7) | 16 (1.1) |
| How should I treat condition x (not limited to drug treatment)?* | 5 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 0 | 6 (0.5) | 13 (0.93) |
| What is normal in this situation?† | 6 (1) | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 (0.34) | 11 (0.79) |
| What is the drug of choice for condition x?* | 4 (0.7) | 3 (0.75) | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (0.5) |
| What test is indicated in situation x?* | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.25) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.14) |
| What is the cause of test finding x?* | 0 | 1 (0.25) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (0.07) |
| Total per clinician type | 127 (21) | 69 (17) | 25 (25) | 71 (24) | 292 (21) |
| Outcome Frequency (%) | |||||
| Outcome Rates | MD | NP | PA | RN | Total |
| Success | 65 (51) | 32 (47) | 15 (60) | 35 (49) | 147 (50) |
| Deferred | 34 (27) | 23 (33) | 10 (40) | 8 (11) | 75 (26) |
| Failure | 28 (22) | 14 (20) | 0 | 28 (39) | 70 (24) |
| Total per clinician type | 127 | 69 | 25 | 71 | 292 |
