Table 4.

The association between the number of years working and the later development of competency

	Clinical communication skills	Interpersonal communication	Leadership	Professionalism
	r (p-value)	r (p-value)	r (p-value)	r (p-value)
Years as faculty	−0.212 (0.139)	−0.200 (0.172)	−0.286 (0.073)	−0.169 (0.242)
Years as preceptor	0.114 (0.356)	0.263 (0.033)	−0.032 (0.821)	0.053 (0.666)
Years as medical doctor	−0.011 (0.930)	−0.034 (0.782)	−0.084 (0.543)	−0.111 (0.362)
Age	−0.012 (0.922)	0.086 (0.470)	− 0.169 (0.204)	0.069 (0.557)