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. 2006 May;21(5):503–505. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00437.x

Table 2.

Change in Shadowing Behavior, Only Preceptors Participating Pre- and Postintervention Compliance Defined as <26% of Evaluations Indicating Shadowing

Preceptor Type Preintervention Postintervention Relative Risk (95% CI) P Value


N Evaluations, per preceptor Median Total Evaluations, N Shadow Evaluations, N (%) N Evaluations, per preceptor Median Total Evaluations, N Shadow Evaluations, N (%)
All 37 6 (1 to 17) 237 55 (23%) 37 7 (1 to 15) 234 36 (15%) 0.60 (0.37 to 0.98) .03
Compliant preintervention 24 6 (2 to 17) 165 3 (2%) 24 7 (1 to 15) 156 3 (2%) 1.00 (0.17 to 6.67) .94
Non-compliant preintervention 13 6 (1 to 9) 72 52 (72%) 13 7 (3 to 9) 78 33 (42%) 0.28 (0.13 to 0.59) <.001

CI, confidence interval.