Baseline characteristics and performance of participants randomised to the early and late use of EDS groups
| Early use of EDS (n=99) | Late use of EDS (n=91) | |
| Female gender | 44 (44%) | 35 (38%) |
| Expertise level | ||
| Medical students | 37 | 30 |
| Residents | 31 | 31 |
| Practising physicians | 31 | 30 |
| Centre | ||
| McMaster University | 66 | 56 |
| Northern Ontario School of Medicine | 1 | 0 |
| University of Ottawa | 14 | 16 |
| University of Saskatchewan | 7 | 7 |
| University of Toronto | 1 | 1 |
| Western University | 9 | 8 |
| Not specified | 1 | 3 |
| Baseline performance | ||
| Number of hypotheses generated | 5.64±1.79 | 5.05±1.76 |
| Likelihood of correct diagnosis in differential | 0.12±0.06 | 0.11±0.06 |
EDS, electronic diagnostic support.