Table 1 Participant characteristics in the three Delphi rounds and final workshop

Gender

female

36 (72)

31 (78)

27 (75)

11 (100)

male

14 (28)

9 (23)

9 (25)

0

Country

German

47 (94)

37 (93)

33 (92)

11 (100)

German-speaking Switzerland

3 (6)

3 (8)

3 (8)

0

Age

mean (SD)

(range)

48 (11.9)

(24–66)

48 (11.7)

(24–66)

48 (11.8)

(24–66)

47 (9.6)

(26–58)

Professional field^a

Medicine

29 (58)

21 (53)

19 (53)

3 (27)

Therapy

10 (20)

10 (25)

9 (25)

0

Nursing

10 (20)

9 (23)

8 (22)

3 (27)

Midwifery

3 (6)

3 (8)

3 (8)

1 (9)

Social work/Public health

4 (8)

4 (10)

3 (8)

0

Other science

5 (10)

4 (10)

4 (11)

2 (18)

Patient representative

3 (6)

2 (5)

1 (3)

0

Student

5 (10)

3 (8)

3 (8)

2 (18)

Experience in education (educ.)^a

Academic educ. (≥ 5 years)

30 (60)

25 (63)

22 (61)

–

Interprofessional educ.

24 (48)

20 (50)

18 (50)

–

Faculty development

22 (44)

18 (45)

16 (44)

–

Curriculum development

28 (56)

25 (63)

22 (61)

–

Experience in patient care  ≥ 3 years^a

Inpatient care

28 (56)

23 (58)

21 (58)

–

Outpatient care

27 (54)

23 (58)

21 (58)

–

Prevention

19 (38)

18 (45)

15 (42)

–

Palliative care

6 (12)

4 (10)

4 (11)

–

Rehabilitation

15 (30)

11 (28)

10 (28)

–

Patient counseling

25 (50)

20 (50)

18 (50)

–

Application of CIM methods in professional practice^b

Phytotherapy

17 (34)

14 (35)

14 (39)

17 (34)

TCM, Acupuncture

10 (20)

9 (23)

9 (25)

10 (20)

Mind-body medicine

9 (18)

8 (20)

7 (19)

9 (18)

Hydrotherapy

8 (16)

6 (15)

6 (17)

8 (16)

Homeopathy

6 (12)

5 (13)

5 (14)

6 (12)

Exercise therapy

6 (12)

5 (13)

4 (11)

6 (12)

Aromatherapy

5 (10)

3 (8)

3 (8)

5 (10)

Anthroposophical medicine

4 (8)

3 (8)

3 (8)

4 (8)

Dietetics

3 (6)

3 (8)

2 (6)

3 (6)

Manual medicine

3 (6)

2 (5)

2 (6)

3 (6)

Massage

3 (6)

2 (5)

2 (6)

3 (6)

Acupressure

2 (4)

1 (3)

1 (3)

2 (4)

Other methods^c

7 (14)

4 (10)

3 (8)

7 (14)

No CIM application

24 (28)

21 (53)

17 (47)

24 (28)