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 |