Table 1 Self - reported professional details of participants. Missing data were not provided by participants

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20

21

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Time since graduation from medical school

< 5 y

12 (25%)

–

3 (15%)

2 (10%)

17 (15%)

5–10 y

13 (27%)

4 (18%)

4 (20%)

4 (19%)

25 (23%)

> 10 y

18 (38%)

17 (77%)

11 (55%)

13 (62%)

59 (53%)

range, median

1–31, 9 y

6–34, 19 y

1.5–34, 14 y

2–35, 15 y

missing

5 (10%)

1 (5%)

2 (10%)

2 (10%)

10 (9%)

Experience with creating a focus hypothesis in epilepsy (years)

none

10 (21%)

–

17 (85%)

13 (62%)

40 (36%)

< 5 y

19 (40%)

3 (14%)

–

3 (14%)

25 (23%)

5–10 y

10 (21%)

10 (46%)

1 (5%)

4 (19%)

25 (23%)

> 10 y

8 (17%)

9 (41%)

2 (10%)

1 (5%)

20 (18%)

range, median

0–25, 2 y

2–30, 10 y

0–20, 0 y

0–15, 0 y

nissing

1 (2%)

–

–

–

1 (1%)

Frequency of reading MRI in people with epilepsy

never

11 (23%)

1 (5%)

2 (10%)

2 (10%)

16 (14%)

yearly

13 (27%)

1 (5%)

7 (35%)

5 (24%)

26 (23%)

monthly

16 (33%)

6 (27%)

8 (40%)

6 (29%)

36 (32%)

weekly

5 (10%)

8 (36%)

3 (15%)

3 (14%)

19 (17%)

daily

2 (4%)

6 (27%)

–

5 (24%)

13 (12%)

missing

1 (2%)

–

–

–

1 (1%)

Experience with maximum MR field strength

1 Tesla

2 (4.2%)

–

–

–

2 (1.8%)

1.5 Tesla

27 (56%)

–

7 (35%)

3 (14%)

37 (33%)

3 Tesla

18 (38%)

22 (100%)

13 (65%)

18 (86%)

71 (64%)

missing

1 (2%)

–

–

–

1 (1%)

Training in epilepsy MRI

yes

12 (25%)

10 (46%)

4 (20%)

7 (33%)

33 (30%)

no

35 (73%)

12 (55%)

16 (80%)

14 (67%)

77 (69%)

missing

1 (2%)

–

–

–

1 (1%)