Table 1 Demographics

Years of practice

 Less than 5 years

35 (27)

 5 to 10 years

24 (19)

 11 to 20 years

29 (23)

 More than 20 years

40 (31)

Area of practice

 Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta)

6 (5)

 Central Canada (Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

0 (0)

 Eastern Canada (Ontario, Québec)

122 (95)

 Atlantic Canada (N.B., P.E.I., N.S., N.L.)

0 (0)

Time devoted to preoperative medicine

 Less than 10%

59 (46)

 10 to 25%

62 (48)

 25 to 50%

7 (5)

 More than 50%

0 (0)

Types of practice

 Academic/university center

71 (55)

 Community center

66 (52)

 Physician-owned practice

2 (2)

 Private practice

5 (4)

Surgeries for preoperative consultation

 Abdominal (hepatopancreatobiliary, colorectal, gastric, appendix, adrenal, spleen)

125 (98)

 Breast

84 (66)

 Cardiac

24 (19)

 Gynecological surgery

104 (81)

 Head & neck surgery

95 (74)

 Neurosurgery

45 (35)

 Orthopedic surgery (including spine)

119 (93)

 Thoracic

55 (43)

 Urological

113 (88)

 Vascular surgery

73 (57)

 Other

8 (6)