Table 2.
Resident sample characteristics by the number of methods used to learn about nutrition for the outpatient setting.
| No. of methods |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤3 | >3 | ||
| No. (%)a | 70 (56.0) | 55 (44.0) | |
| Age (y, mean ± SD) | 29 ± 3 | 30 ± 3 | .02 |
| Gender (n) | .94 | ||
| Female | 39 (55.7) | 31 (44.3) | |
| Training level (n) | .47 | ||
| Post graduate year 1 | 29 (55.8) | 23 (44.2) | |
| Post graduate year 2 | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.3) | |
| Post graduate year 3 | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | |
| Post graduate year 4 | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | |
| Career path (n) | .89 | ||
| Primary care | 19 (57.6) | 14 (42.4) | |
| Subspecialty | 35 (53.0) | 31 (47.0) | |
| Undecided | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | |
| Other | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | |
| Region (n) | .05 | ||
| Northeast | 23(49.0) | 24 (51.0) | |
| Midwest | 16 (66.7) | 8 (33.3) | |
| South | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | |
| West | 9 (39.1) | 14 (60.8) | |
| Type of program (n) | <.001 | ||
| Community-based | 8 (24.2) | 25 (75.8) | |
| Community-based-university-affiliated | 29 (63.0) | 17 (40.0) | |
| University-based | 33 (71.7) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Presence of PC track (n) | .24 | ||
| Yes | 44 (52.4) | 40 (47.6) | |
| No | 26 (63.4) | 15 (36.6) | |
| In PC track (of those in programs with a PC track) (n) | .14 | ||
| Yes | 11 (40.7) | 16 (59.3) | |
| No | 33 (57.9) | 25 (42.1) | |
| Medical education (n) | .09 | ||
| US | 52 (61.2) | 33 (38.8) | |
| Foreign | 18 (45.0) | 23 (55.0) | |
| Prior nutrition education (n) | |||
| Before medical school | 16 (76.2) | 6 (23.8) | .04 |
| In medical school | 42 (53.2) | 39 (46.8) | .33 |
| Daily fruit and vegetable intake (mean no. of servings ± SD) | 3.6 ± 2.6 | 4.9 ± 4.9 | |
Abbreviation: PC, primary care.
a
8 residents with missing information.
Bold values in the table represents numbers which are statistically significant.