Table 3.
Resident physician ratings of training received in using interpreter services with patients who do not speak English by resident characteristics
| Resident characteristic | Training received in using interpreter services | P Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (%) | Little (%) | Sufficient (%) | Much (%) | Quite a lot (%) | ||
| Training level (n=745) | .03 | |||||
| PGY1 1 | 17 (8.5) | 37 (18.6) | 76 (38.2) | 45 (22.6) | 24 (12.1) | |
| PGY 2 | 9 (4.6) | 24 (12.4) | 77 (39.9) | 41 (21.2) | 42 (21.8) | |
| PGY 3 | 6 (3.4) | 21 (12.1) | 67 (38.7) | 46 (26.6) | 33 (19.1) | |
| PGY 4 | 2 (2.2) | 12 (13.0) | 34 (37.0) | 24 (26.1) | 20 (21.7) | |
| PGY 5+ | 2 (2.2) | 6 (6.8) | 37 (42.1) | 18 (20.5) | 25 (28.4) | |
| Fellow (n=195) | 11 (5.6) | 26 (13.3) | 78 (40.0) | 51 (26.2) | 29 (14.9) | .39 |
| Gender (n=722) | ||||||
| Female | 21 (5.2) | 54 (13.5) | 160 (40.0) | 92 (23) | 73 (18.3) | .91 |
| Male | 16 (4.5) | 39 (10.9) | 145 (40.5) | 85 (23.7) | 73 (20.4) | |
| Specialty (n=722) | <.001 | |||||
| Primary care2 | 4 (2.3) | 19 (10.9) | 72 (41.1) | 52 (29.7) | 28 (16.0) | |
| Medical subspecialty3 | 29 (7.1) | 68 (16.6) | 159 (38.8) | 86 (21.0) | 68 (16.6) | |
| Surgical subspecialty4 | 3 (1.9) | 13 (8.1) | 60 (37.5) | 36 (22.5) | 48 (30.0) | |
| Race-Ethnicity (n=663) | .12 | |||||
| White, non-Latino | 16 (4.7) | 44 (13.1) | 144 (42.6) | 66 (19.5) | 68 (20.1) | |
| Asian | 11 (4.3) | 35 (13.8) | 88 (34.6) | 65 (25.6) | 55 (21.7) | |
| URM5 | 0 | 7 (16.3) | 17 (39.5) | 16 (37.2) | 3 (6.9) | |
| Mixed/other | 3 (10.7) | 2 (3.6) | 10 (35.7) | 10 (35.7) | 3 (10.7) | |
PGY = Post-graduate year
Primary care includes: family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics
Medical subspecialties include: allergy and immunology, anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, geriatric medicine, gastroenterology, hematology oncology, infectious disease, nephrology, pulmonary critical care, rheumatology, neurology, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, pain medicine, pathology, pediatric sub-specialties, psychiatry, radiology, radiation oncology, and sports medicine
Surgical subspecialties include: head and neck surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, general surgery, thoracic surgery, and urology
URM: African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American