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Table 1 Characteristics of professional participants in Dental ECHO program (across six cohorts)

From: Launching an innovative educational model addressing substance use disorders and dental pain management (Project ECHO® in dentistry)

Characteristic

Number

Percentage

Credential

Dentist

109

72.1

FT Faculty

11

7.3

PT/Adj. Faculty

4

2.7

Dental Resident

6

4.0

Dental Hygienist/Dental Assistant

13

8.6

Other (Nurse, Admin)

8

5.3

Total

151

100.0

Experience precepting students

Precepted in the past

52

34.4

Preceptor now

21

13.9

Anticipate being a preceptor

5

3.3

Not applicable

50

33.1

Missing information

23

15.2

Total

151

100.0

Number of years practiced

1–5

16

10.5

6–10

32

21.2

11–15

34

22.51

16–20

34

22.5

20 + 

15

9.9

Missing information

20

13.2

Total

151

100.0

Practice setting

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

21

14.0

Federally Qualified Rural Health Center (FQRC)

20

13.2

Both FQHC and FQRC

28

18.5

Neither FQHC nor FQRC

56

37.1

Missing information

26

17.2

Total

151

100.0

Participant attendance by session

Session 1

120

20.4

Session 2

116

19.7

Session 3

101

17.2

Session 4

91

15.5

Session 5

82

13.9

Session 6

78

13.3

151*6Total sessions = 906 (if all the participants attended all the sessions)

588

100.0

  1. \(\overline{x }\) = 3.23 ± 1.70  588/906 = 64.9%
  2. Respondents who returned all pre- and post surveys = 89 (58.9%)
  3. Respondents who returned some pre- or post surveys = 62 (41.1%)