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Table 3.

Group Means and Statistics for Survey Items Reaching Significance

Item	Junior/Senior Resident		p-value	% Variance
Item	IJE^*	ISE^**	p-value	% Variance
Number of operations	3.20 (.75)	3.38 (.66)	<.001	1.6
Sufficiency operative time	3.13 (.77)	3.32 (.68)	<.001	1.8
Adequacy inpatient/ward time	3.51 (.61)	3.39 (.58)	<.001	1.0
Extended shifts (e.g., 24 + 6)	2.20 (.90)	2.41 (.96)	<.001	1.1

Item	Program Type			p-value	% Variance
Item	University	Independent	Military	p-value	% Variance
Number of operations	3.24 (.70)	3.52 (.67)	2.89 (.69)	<.001	3.0
Sufficiency operative time	3.16 (.72)	3.47 (.70)	2.92 (.68)	<.001	2.5

IJE = Junior exam group, PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents

^**

ISE = Senior exam group, PGY-3, PGY-4, and PGY-5 residents