Saturday, March 24, 2012

Friends of Doctors: What the figures say...

An analysis of the 11-March-2012 members list of "Friends of Science in Medicine":

  • They can claim 28 'Friends' outside the field or their parent body and who still work.
Calling the group "Friends of Doctors" is far more accurate.

Note: A full count of members of the parent Organisation, "Australian Skeptics" is not possible without a public membership list (4,000 subscribers are claimed to "The Sketpic").

The organisation's own analysis, (494 members, 25-Feb-2012) is:
Of the 494 individuals were a total of 226 (45%) medical doctors (212 Australian, 14 Overseas) and other disciplines (243 Australian, 25 Overseas).
My analysis:
  • 502 unique names,
  • 1 duplicate record, "Prof Jon Emery"
  • 123 with title "Dr"
    • 2  declare or publicly state membership of the parent Organisation, "Australian Skeptics"
    • 92 MD, MBBS, MBBCh, Physician, Psychiatrist, RN, Dentist
    • 4 retired
    • 6 "medical" research in entry
    • 14 other Health related
      •    1 Anatomy
      •    1 Biochemistry
      •    1 Gender, Health and Ageing
      •    2 Genetics
      •    2 Neuroscience
      •    1 Nutrition and Dietetics
      •    1 Optometrist
      •    2 Pharmacist
      •    1 Prosthetics & Orthotics
      •    2 Veterinary Surgeon
    • 5 non-health related
      •    1 Chemistry
      •    1 Computational Physicist
      •    1 Economics
      •    2 Science writer
  • 334 with title "Prof" (including A/Prof)
    • 4 FoSiM Executive members
    • 34 Emeritus or retired
    • 165 MBBS, MD, BMedSci, FRACP, FRCP, FANZCA, FRACGP, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Pharmacy/Pharmacology, RN
    • 131 remaining:
      • 26 work in a "Dept/College/School/Faculty of Medicine"
      • 16 Psychology
      • 9 Biological Sciences, Biology
      • 8 at  Meical Research Institutes, "Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research", "Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute", "QLD Brain Institute", "Women's and Children's Health Research Institute"
      • 6 Microbiology
      • 6 in a NHMRC unit
      • 6 Physiology
      • 5 work in a "Faculty/School of of Health Sciences"
      • 5 Biochemistry or Biomolecular, Molecular Science
      • 4 Immunology
      • 4 Cancer research
      • 3 Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics
      • 2 Veterinary Science
      • 2 Genetics
      • 14 other Health related areas
        • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
        • Cognitive Science, Cognition and its Disorders
        • Experimental Ophthalmology
        • Health Economics
        • Human Movement Studies
        • Human Variome Project
        • Medical Technology and Physics
        • Mental Health
        • Mother and Child Health Research
        • Deaf Studies and Sign Language
        • Optometry and Vision Sciences
        • Paediatrics
        • Public Health, Biostatistics
        • Reproductive Biotechnology 
        • Sex, Health and Society
    • 15 in non-health areas
      • Anatomy and Histology
      • Applied Ecology
      • Australian Museum
      • Australian Studies
      • Climate Science
      • Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and Applications
      • Earth Sciences
      • Environmental Management and Ecology
      • Law (2)
      • Pianist/composer
      • Social and Economic Modelling
      • Special Education Centre
      • Statistics
      • Tropical Crops and Biocommodities
  • 41 not "Dr", "Prof" or on the Executive.
    • 7 declare or publicly state membership of the parent Organisation, "Australian Skeptics"
    • 17 are in Medicine/Medical Science or allied disciplines (Pharmacy, Nursing, paramedic)
    • 18 "non medical" vocations [counts not given].
      • health/biology related
        • Critical Care Dietitian
        • Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
        • PhD Candidate, Environmental Futures
        • PhD candidate, Psychophysiology
        • Physiotherapist, Private Practice
        • Registered Psychologist
        • Senior Health Content Producer, Choice
        • Veterinary Services
      • 8 non-health related
        • Information Technology 
        • MSc(Astronomy) BSc(Finance & Economics) 
        • Science, eLearning Officer
        • legal researcher, solicitor
        • science writer/editor/creative director

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