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. 2007 Feb 23;22(5):655–661. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0103-x

Table 2.

Comparison Between Participants and Nonparticipants’ Baseline and End-of-program Self-assessment of Skills and Level of Enjoyment in Curriculum Development Activities, Cohorts 2–9*

  Mean Baseline Scores Mean Post-Program Scores
Participants (N) Nonparticipants (N) Difference in Scores Unadjusted p-Value Adjusted p-Value Participants (N) Nonparticipants (N) Difference in scores Unadjusted p-Value Adjusted p-Value
Rate skills in curriculum/program development 2.26 (38) 2.79 (28) −0.52 0.005 0.03 3.53 (59) 2.33 (36) +1.20 <0.0001 <0.0001
Rate skills in curriculum/program implementation 2.32 (34) 2.83 (29) −0.51 0.01 0.05 3.28 (50) 2.70 (33) +0.58 0.003 0.02
Rate skills in curriculum/program evaluation 2.11 (27) 2.55 (20) −0.44 0.08 0.33 3.12 (51) 2.42 (26) +0.70 0.004 0.02
Level of enjoyment in curriculum/program development§ 2.19 (37) 1.80 (40) +0.39 0.04 0.01 2.28 (57) 1.61 (38) +0.67 <0.0001 <0.0001
Level of enjoyment in curriculum/program evaluation§ 1.76 (29) 1.50 (38) +0.26 0.21 0.12 1.81 (53) 1.33 (39) +0.48 0.04 0.11

*All comparisons done using unpaired ttests

Controlled for any fellowship training, any faculty appointment type, amount of time spent in hospital-based and community-based practice, percentage of time spent in teaching and administration, research salary support, and previous experience in evaluating curricula

Skills were rated on a 6-point scale, where 0 = none, 1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, and 5 = excellent

§Level of enjoyment was assessed using a 4-point scale, where 0 = none, 1 = a little, 2 = moderate amount, 3 = a lot