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. 2010 Dec;11(5):500–505.

Table 4.

Correlation with competency and trainee comfort level standardized patient – domestic violence standardized patient

Correlation: Overall Trainee Comfort Level
Competency – patient care 0.6382
(n=109) <0.0001
Competency – empathetic communication skills 0.6548
(n=116) <0.0001
Competency – professionalism 0.6850
(n=115) <0.0001

The correlation between overall trainee comfort level and each of the competencies (patient care, empathetic communication skill and professionalism) are significant. All correlations are positive.

Note: The above correlation was run using all three evaluators. When the correlation was stratified by evaluator, the correlation was not significant between comfort and professionalism for the principal investigator (p=0.0859).