Professional Experience

Just over a third (35.8%, n=228) of the respondents described having prior professional experience in chronic infectious illnesses, and 32.7% (n=208) in clinical care during an infectious disease outbreak. Fewer respondents identified having prior professional experience in either public health surveillance and contact tracing (n=101; 15.9%) or disaster relief (e.g. earthquakes, tsunami, fires etc)(n=86; 13.5%).