80 Chapter 4 adults. Of all educational needs, respondents felt most certain about their communication skills: a quarter (28%) reported to need more skills to better communicate with older adults. Our results showed that most respondents needed knowledge about primary care to better organize the right community follow-up for older adults (66%) (table 2). What stands out in this table is, that a third of respondents were undecided regarding statements in this table. Respondents described (in the free-text fields) educational needs for: older adults with polypharmacy (n=7), organizing community care follow-up (n=4), skills for better teamwork with medical specialist (including geriatricians)(n=4), and knowledge/skills regarding specific geriatric conditions (n=7). Nine respondents reported miscellaneous needs (supplement 4). Table 1 Demographic- and experience characteristics of emergency physicians; N= 190 EPs Sex Male, n (%) 72 (37.9) Female, n (%) 118 (62.1) Age in years, mean (SD) 40.1 (5.6) Employed in an academic hospital, n (%) 17 (8.9) Employed in a hospital with a possibility of geriatric consultation at the ED, n (%) 120 (63.2) Working experience as an EP in years, mean (SD) 6.3 (4.0) Employment (fte.), mean (SD) 0.9 (0.1) Estimated number of patients treated by responding EP per week, mean (SD) 86.9 (32.8) Estimated number of adults aged ≥70 years treated by responding EP per week, mean (SD) 31.5 (18.3) Estimated length of stay at the ED (hours) of adults aged ≥70 years, mean (SD) 3.6 (5.6) Estimated percentage of adults aged ≥70 years at the ED with overdiagnosis or overtreatment: >80% of adults aged ≥70 years; number of EPs that agree (%) 4 (2.7) 60-80% of adults aged ≥70 years; number of EPs that agree (%) 12 (8) 30-60% of adults aged ≥70 years; number of EPs that agree (%) 48 (31.8) 10-30% of adults aged ≥70 years; number of EPs that agree (%) 87 (57.6) EP= Emergency physician; N.a.= Not applicable; Fte.= full-time equivalent
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