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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2014 Dec;89(12):1674–1680. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000404

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Identifying the Effects of Features on High Participation Scholarly Activity Programs*

Program Features Univariate Analysis Multivariable Analysis
OR
(95% C.I.)
p-value OR
(95% C.I.)
p-value
Participation in scholarly activity is required:
Yes
5.8 (1.2–27.3) 0.027 5.5 (1.03–30.0) 0.047
No 1.0 (Ref)
Program director believes having all residents present their scholarly project is extremely or very important:
Yes
4.7 (1.6–13.4) 0.004 4.7 (1.5–15.1) 0.01
No 1.0 (Ref)
>25% of faculty have mentored residents in the last 3 years:
Yes
4.8 (1.7–13.7) 0.004 3.6 (1.2–11.4) 0.027
No 1.0 (Ref)
Regional Location:
Northeast

1.0 (Ref)
Midwest 1.8 (0.5–6.6) 0.37
South 3.2 (0.9–11.3) 0.07
West 0.5 (0.05–4.7) 0.51
Protected time for faculty to support resident scholarly activity is available:
Yes
8.5 (0.9–80.2) 0.062
No 1.0 (Ref)
>75%residents satisfied with scholarly activity opportunities provided in more recent ACGME resident survey:
Yes
No

2.9 (0.9–9.7)

1.0 (Ref)
0.082
*

“High Participation” represents the top quartile of programs, or >85% participation by residents in conducting original research studies, systematic reviews or meta-analyses, or case reviews or series with references