Table 2. Program Directors’ Report of Resident Involvement in Curricular Change, Practice Transformation, and Quality Improvement Activities According to 3YearsVersus 4 Yearsof Training.
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Assessment variables |
Length of training |
P value |
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3 years (n=45)* n (%) |
4 years (n=41)* n (%) |
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Level of resident involvement with curricular changes in your program None/somewhat Moderately/extremely |
— 1 (2.2) 44 (97.7) |
— 5 (12.5) 35 (87.5) |
.037** |
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Level of resident involvement with practice transformation None/somewhat Moderately/extremely |
— 27 (60.0) 18 (40.0) |
— 16 (40.0) 24 (60.0) |
.223** |
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Current level of resident involvement with clinical team meetings None/somewhat Moderately/extremely |
— 25 (55.6) 20 (44.4) |
— 21 (52.5) 18 (46.2) |
.925** |
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Resident involvement designing and implementing QI projects (If they did any) Independently Integrated with faculty In resident teams In multidisciplinary teams |
— 24 (53.3) 33 (73.3) 25 (55.6) 26 (57.8) |
— 31 (75.6) 39 (95.1) 31 (75.6) 31 (75.6) |
— <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 |
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Number of QI projects completed per year (If they did any) 1 2 >3 |
— 23 (51.1) 7 (15.6) 6 (13.3) |
— 19 (46.3) 3 (7.3) 14 (34.1) |
<.001 |
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Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
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Estimate of the percent (%) of resident QI projects overall that have resulted in improved care processes |
52.2% (26.9) |
57.9% (29.6) |
.350*** |
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Estimate of the percent (%) of resident QI projects overall that have resulted in improved patient outcomes |
37.6% (27.0) |
32.2% (24.2) |
.337*** |
*Missing <5%
**χ2 test
***Independent samples t test
Abbreviations: QI, quality improvement; SD, standard deviation