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. 2009 Sep 1;17:39. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-17-39

Table 3.

Distribution of errors in assessment of clinical case by grade and specialty

Grade Specialty n Errors in numbers Errors in %
Registrar (n = 40) Anesthesia 29 15 51.7

Internal medicine 4 2 50

p = 0.095* General practice 6 1 16.7

Others 1 1 100

Total 40 19 47.5
Fellow (n= 36) Anesthesia 27 10 37

Internal medicine 7 1 14.3

p = 0.671* General practice 1 0 0

Others 1 1 100

Total 36 12 33.3
Consultant (n= 8) Anesthesia 7 0 0

Internal medicine 1 0 0

p = 0.025* General practice 0 0 0

Others 0 0 0

Total 8 0 0
Private practice (n= 19) Anesthesia 0 0 0

Internal medicine 5 2 40

p = 1.00* General practice 12 5 41.7

Others 2 0 0

Total 19 7 36.8

*: p-value of each individual grade-category versus the others