Table 3. Residents’ Report of Their Involvement in Curricular Change, Practice Transformation, and Satisfaction With Training According to 3 YearsVersus 4 Years of Training.

Assessment variables	Length of training		P value*
	3 years (n=1,089) Mean (SD)	4 years (n=1,486) Mean (SD)
Resident involvement
Resident involvement with curricular changea Range	4.22 (0.84) 1–5	4.19 (0.89) 1–5	.40
Resident involvement with clinical practice changea Range	3.98 (0.92) 1–5	3.98 (0.91) 1–5	.98
Learning env ironment
Adequacy of supervision received from faculty and staffb Range	3.51 (0.61) 1–4	3.58 (0.55) 1–4	.003
Adequacy of feedback from faculty and staffb Range	3.17 (0.72) 1–4	3.23 (0.68) 1–4	.023
Effectiveness of faculty and staff in creating an environment of scholarship and inquiryb Range	3.27 (0.76) 1–4	3.44 (0.64) 1–4	<.001
Satisfaction with research or scholarly opportunitiesb Range	3.03 (0.83) 1–4	3.31 (0.72) 1–4	<.001
Overall satisfaction
Overall satisfaction with residency trainingc Range	4.40 (0.77) 1–5	4.54 (0.66) 1–5	<.001

*P for independent samples t test of 3 versus 4 years of training all years combined (n=2,582)

^aScale: 1=substantially weak, 2=somewhat weak, 3=neutral, 4=somewhat strong, 5=substantially strong

^bScale: 1=not at all, 2=somewhat, 3=moderately, 4=extremely

^cScale: 1=very unsatisfied, 2=somewhat unsatisfied, 3=neutral, 4=somewhat satisfied, 5=very satisfied