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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Educ. 2016 Jan 12;73(2):296–304. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.11.002

Table 3.

Likert statement correlation with baseline receptivity for a writing workshop.

Survey Statement I would welcome a required writing workshop during didactic time in third year.
Pearson coefficient p - value
I consider myself to be an empathetic person. 0.253 0.223
I find I have enough time during my third year clerkships to process my experiences. −0.273 0.187
I have been writing reflectively (e.g. keeping a diary, writing notes) regularly during my clerkships. 0.077 0.714
I often talk about troubling experiences in the hospital with others. 2.38 0.251
I think reflection is one of the most important parts of medical training. 0.468 0.018*