Table 3.

Comparison of Computer Use during Resident and Faculty Physician Visits as Reported by Patients

	Residents n = 12	Faculty n = 11	P value*
Patient report
Visit duration in minutes (%)
0–20	33.8	35.9
20–30	33.8	42.3	0.28
31–40	19.5	12.8
>40	13.0	9.0
Proportion of visit where physician was interacting with the computer (%)
0–10%	29.3	41.3
11–25%	28.0	34.7	0.028
25–50%	29.3	16.0
50–100%	13.3	8.0
Physician report
Visit duration in minutes (%)
0–20	40.3	37.2
20–30	39.0	38.5	0.45
31–40	18.2	18.0
>40	2.6	6.4
Proportion of visit where physician was interacting with the computer (%)
0–10%	9.1	9.0
11–25%	27.3	47.4	0.10
25–50%	41.6	25.6
50–100%	22.1	18.0

*P values calculated with Mantel–Haenszel χ² test for trend