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Table 9 Demographics of focus group discussion participants at graduation. 55 students from seven cohorts participated

From: Scaling up pediatric nurse specialist education in Ghana – a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation

Characteristic

N (%)

Years of experience as a nurse Mean (SD)

5.7 ± 3.4

Gender

 Female

43 (78)

 Male

12 (22)

Agency

 Ghana Health Service

41 (75)

 Ministry of Health

4 (7)

 Christian Health Association

8 (15)

 Quasi facilitya

2 (4)

Type of facility

 Teaching Hospital

4 (7)

 Regional Hospital

7 (13)

 District Hospital

41 (75)

 Polyclinic

1 (2)

 Health Centre

1 (2)

 CHPSb

1 (2)

  1. aQuasi facility refers to the Police, Military, Prisons, public Technical/University and Mining hospitals and clinics
  2. bCHPS community-based health planning and services