Table 5.
Mean (95% CI) subspecialty% of questions answered correctly, broken down by number of elective exposures in subspecialty of interest
| Exposure | 0 | 1-2 | ≥3 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology |
n |
18 |
39 |
74 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
79.6 |
78.5 |
81.0 |
0.41 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(74.9-84.2) |
(75.5-81.6) |
(78.8-83.3) |
|
| Endocrinology |
n |
43 |
74 |
14 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
77.7 |
78.3 |
83.6 |
0.19 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(74.6-80.8) |
(75.5-81.1) |
(80.5-86.8) |
|
| Gastroenterology |
n |
49 |
63 |
19 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
76.9 |
78.4 |
82.1 |
0.17 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(73.8-80.0) |
(76.1-80.8) |
(77.2-86.9) |
|
| Hematology |
n |
66 |
63 |
2 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
81.4 |
80.7 |
91.5 |
0.49 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(78.2-84.5) |
(77.4-83.9) |
(NA) |
|
| Infectious Diseases |
n |
20 |
64 |
47 |
|
| Mean (%) |
80.9 |
79.3 |
81.8 |
0.45 |
|
| |
(95% CI) |
(75.7-86.2) |
(76.8-81.8) |
(78.8-84.7) |
|
| Oncology |
n |
62 |
68 |
1 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
72.6 |
75.9 |
86.0 |
NA |
| |
(95% CI) |
(69.4-75.7) |
(72.9-78.8) |
(NA) |
|
| Nephrology |
n |
54 |
71 |
6 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
83.3 |
84.3 |
75.8 |
0.27 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(76.9-86.7) |
(81.6-86.9) |
(54.9-96.8) |
|
| Pulmonary |
n |
38 |
79 |
14 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
73.2 |
78.6 |
79.7 |
0.03 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(69.8-76.7) |
(76.1-81.1) |
(73.9-85.5) |
|
| Rheumatology |
n |
42 |
82 |
7 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
80.5 |
80.2 |
86 |
0.35 |
| |
(95% CI) |
(77.6-83.4) |
(77.8-82.6) |
(80.3-91.7) |
|
| Primary Care |
n |
101 |
26 |
4 |
|
| |
Mean (%) |
75.3 |
78.0 |
74.5 |
0.35 |
| (95% CI) | (73.7-76.9) | (74.3-81.6) | (56.8-92.2) |
p-values calculated using 1-way ANOVA.