Table 4.
Basic dimensions of postgraduate medical training as perceived by trainees and size of hospital departments in Germany and Switzerland
| Basic dimensions of postgraduate medical training |
German hospitals |
Swiss hospitals |
Comparison of German and Swiss departments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD, (valid n); Values for dpts. ≤ 7 | Correlation coefficient a , p-value | Mean ± SD, (valid n) Values for dpts. ≤ 7 | Correlation coefficient a p-value | U-value b , p-value Values for dpts. ≤ 7 | |
|
Global Satisfaction CON |
2.73 ± 1.39, (88) |
r = .38, p < 0.001 |
2.58 ± 1.53, (19) |
r = -.12, n.s |
U = -.63, n.s. |
|
2.41 ± 1.27, (46) |
|
2.58 ± 1.53, (19) |
|
U = -.19, n.s. |
|
|
Global Satisfaction AM |
2.92 ± 1.29, (88) |
r = .32, p < 0.01 |
2.2 ± 1.03, (15) |
r = -.26, n.s. |
U = -2.03, p < .05 |
|
2.63 ± 1.11, (46) |
2.2 ± 1.03, (15) |
U = -1.29, n.s. |
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|
Clinical Competencies CON |
2.57 ± 0.78, (88) |
r = .31, p < 0.01 |
2.16 ± 0.88, (19) |
r = -.22, n.s |
U = -2.34, p < .05 |
|
2.47 ± 0.78, (46) |
2.16 ± 0.88, (19) |
U = -1.68, n.s |
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|
Clinical Competencies AM |
3.13 ± 1.13, (86) |
r = .13, n.s. |
2.39 ± 0.95, (16) |
r = -.36, n.s. |
U = -2.46, p < .05 |
|
2.99 ± 1.08, (45) |
2.39 ± 0.95, (16) |
U = -1.97, p < .05 |
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|
Learning Culture |
2.54 ± 1.05, (88) |
r = .34, p < 0.01 |
2.32 ± 1.2, (19) |
r = -.07, n.s. |
U = -1.06, n.s. |
|
U = -.34, n.s. | |||||
|
2.29 ± 0.91, (45) |
2.32 ± 1.2, (19) |
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|
Leadership Culture |
2.6 ± 1.11, (88) |
r = .39, p < 0.001 |
2.49 ± 1.22, (19) |
r = -.11, n.s. |
U = -.55, n.s. |
|
2.38 ± 1.03, (46) |
U = -.24, n.s. |
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|
2.49 ± 1.22, (19) | |||||
|
Error Management |
2.83 ± 1.22, (89) |
r = .09, n.s. |
2.32 ± 1.43, (19) |
r = -.45, n.s. |
U = -1.97, p < .05 |
|
2.80 ± 1.26, (46) |
2.32 ± 1.43, (19) |
U = -1.79, n.s. |
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|
Culture of Decision Making |
2.13 ± 1.01, (88) |
r = .36, p < 0.01 |
1.53 ± 0.9, (19) |
r = -.21, n.s. |
U = -3.03, p < .01 |
|
1.93 ± 0.81, (45) |
1.53 ± 0.9, (19) |
U = -2.44, p < .05 |
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|
Department Culture |
2.12 ± 0.98, (88) |
r = .53, p < 0.001 |
2.28 ± 1.53, (19) |
r = -.27, n.s. |
U = -.48, n.s. |
|
1.78 ± 0.74, (46) |
2.28 ± 1.53, (19) |
U = -.58, n.s. |
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| Evidence-based Medicine | 4.41 ± 1.19, (88) |
r = .17, n.s. | 3.57 ± 1.76, (19) | r = -.44, n.s. | U = -2.00, p < .05 |
| 4.39 ± 1.21, (45) | U = -1.83, n.s. | ||||
aPearson-Correlation, 2-tailed; b2-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test; dpts. = departments; SD = standard deviation; r = correlation coefficient; n.s. = not significant; CON = conventional medicine; AM = anthroposophic medicine.
Means and standard deviations of rating scores: 1 indicates the highest, 6 the lowest possible degree of quality; numbers of trainees; Pearson-correlation between the basic quality dimensions of PGMT and size of hospital departments as measured by the numbers of trainees per department, a positive r-value signifying a linear correlation between decreasing quality and increasing department size; all-over comparison of German and Swiss departments as well a comparison of similar-sized departments (≤7 trainees per department, in italics).