Table 1.

Characteristics of Health Care Professionals Registering for the COV1D-19 ECHO (N = 1,275)

CharacteristicRegistrants, No. (%)
Age group,a
    20-39373 (29.3)
    40-59664 (52.1)
    ≥60238 (18.7)
    Total1,275 (100.0)
Self-reported gender
    Female/woman902 (70.8)
    Male/man310 (24.3)
    Prefer not to respond53 (4.2)
    Gender queer/gender nonconforming or transgenderb10 (0.8)
    Total1,275 (100.0)
Self-reported race/ethnicityc
    American Indian or Alaska Native18 (1.4)
    Asian or Asian American92 (7.2)
    Black or African American13 (1.0)
    Hispanic or Latinx54 (4.2)
    Other31 (2.4)
    Prefer not to respond118 (9.3)
    White965 (75.7)
Population served
    Rural or frontier337 (26.4)
    Provide direct patient care984 (77.2)
    Primary care setting788 (61.8)
    Workplace accepts Medicaid834 (65.4)
ECHO participation history
    First-time ECHO participant1,061 (83.2)
Marketing source
    E-mail771 (60.5)
    Word of mouth233 (18.3)
    Other/multiple sources270 (21.2)
    Total1,274 (100.0)
Profession
    Physician476 (37.3)
    Nurse practitioner154 (12.1)
    Administrative staff98 (7.7)
    Physician assistant81 (6.4)
    Behavioral health professional74 (5.8)
    Pharmacist34 (2.7)
    Nursing31 (2.4)
    Nursing facility staff30 (2.3)
    Health coordinator/educator25 (2.0)
    Other272 (21.3)
    Total1,275 (100.0)

  • ECHO = Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes.

  • ↵aRoughly calculated from birth year.

  • ↵bCategories combined to protect personal identifiers.

  • ↵cRace/ethnicity categories do not add up to 100%. We present the number of registrants who selected each category, and multiple categories were permitted; roughly, 8.6% of registrants selected more than 1 category.