Table IV.

Clinical Competency Committee Member perceptions of milestones use (N = 6)

Rate your level of satisfaction with clinical competency deliberation prior to and after introduction of Milestones (10 Maximally Satisfied, 1 Minimally Satisfied)
	Mean	Rangea	P-value
The Committee’s format (milestones versus no milestones) for evaluating resident performance:
Pre-milestones	6	3–8	0.041
Using milestones	7.7	7–8
How data were presented to you for advancement decisions:
Pre-milestones	5.8	3–8
Using milestones	7.5	6–9	0.093
Your ability to know and identify expected elements of competency development (knowledge, skills and attitudes) for use in competency committee deliberations:
Pre-milestones	6.2	4–7	0.004
Using milestones	8.3	7–9
Your ability to specifically assess a resident’s level of competency development (i.e., attainment of required knowledge, skills and attitudes):
Pre-reporting milestones	5.5	4–7	0.015
Using milestones	7.8	6–9
Your ability to identify residents ready for an accelerated training curriculum (complete training in 2 years rather than 3 years:
Pre-milestones	5	3–7	0.026
Using milestones	7.3	6–9
Your ability to describe and quantify differences in level of performance between house officers at the same level of training:
Pre-milestones	6	4–9	0.132
Using milestones	7.7	7–8
Your ability to identify particular strengths or weaknesses in the trainees’ developmental progress:
Pre-milestones	5.3	3–7	0.026
Using milestones	7.5	6–9

^aTen-point scale where 10 = maximally satisfied, 1 = minimally satisfied.