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. 2017 Jun 15;20:92–96. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.06.021

Table 4.

Correlation of the duration of emergency training (number of months which interns spent on the emergency training) with mean scores of the self-assessment survey using the spearman test.

Questions R P-value
How much exposure have you had to emergency medicine during your undergraduate training? 0.07 0.3
How much teaching have you had in emergency medicine during your undergraduate training? 0.17 0.01
How important do you think emergency medicine is as part of your training? 0.09 0.019
How challenging do you feel emergency medicine is compared to other clinical specialties? 0.007 0.92
How stressful do you feel emergency medicine is compared to other clinical specialties? −0.049 0.486
How challenging do you feel are these areas of emergency medicine? −0.322 <0.001
How would you grade your knowledge on the principles of management of the emergency conditions? 0.17 0.01
How confident do you feel about managing patient in emergency conditions? 0.16 0.02
How confident do you feel about recognizing acutely ill patients? 0.15 0.02
How confident do you feel in performing the ABCs? 0.18 0.007
How confident do you feel in performing clinical procedures in an emergency situation? 0.283 <0.001
How confident do you feel in interpreting the following clinical investigations? 0.059 0.4