Table 3.
Published Versus Non-Published Medical Education Abstracts Presented at the SGIM National Meeting
| Category | Published abstracts (n = 64) | Non-published abstracts (n = 80) | p value |
| Quantitative | 53 (83 %) | 67 (84 %) | 0.88 |
| Population | |||
| UME | 17 (27 %) | 27 (34 %) | |
| GME | 33 (52 %) | 42 (53 %) | |
| CME | 3 (5 %) | 4 (5 %) | |
| Mixed/other | 11 (17 %) | 7 (9 %) | |
| Abstract type | |||
| Scientific | 42 (66 %) | 37 (46 %) | 0.02 |
| Presentation | |||
| Oral | 15 (23 %) | 6 (8 %) | 0.01 |
| MERSQI domain | Published abstracts (n = 52)* | Non-published abstracts (n = 67) | p value |
| Study design | 1.57 (0.52) | 1.40 (0.40) | 0.05 |
| Sampling | 1.29 (0.74) | 1.16 (0.57) | 0.32 |
| Type of data | 2.08 (1.00) | 2.03 (1.03) | 0.80 |
| Validity | 0.25 (0.59) | 0.33 (0.59) | 0.47 |
| Data analysis | 2.42 (0.50) | 2.14 (0.69) | 0.01 |
| Outcomes | 1.94 (0.60) | 1.75 (0.59) | 0.09 |
| Total | 9.59 (1.84) | 8.81 (1.91) | 0.03 |
*The N for calculating MERSQI corresponds to the number of abstracts describing quantitative studies, excluding one study that presented conflicting data.
MERSQI Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument, UME undergraduate medical education, GME graduate medical education, CME continuing medical education