Table 1.
Graduate survey of kidney biopsy training adequacy
| Survey Question | Agree or Strongly Agree | Neither Agree nor Disagree | Disagree or Strongly Disagree | Other | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q6. I was adequately prepared to perform native kidney biopsies without direct supervision at the end of my nephrology fellowship. | 45 (83%) | 2 | 7 | ||
| Association of Q6 responses to time in clinical practice | |||||
| Clinical practice 10 yr or less | 19 (83%) | 4 | >0.99 | ||
| Clinical practice >10 yr | 26 (84%) | 5 | |||
| Q7. I was adequately prepared to perform transplant kidney biopsies without direct supervision at the end of my nephrology fellowship. | 44 (82%) | 4 | 6 | ||
| Association of Q7 responses to time in clinical practice | |||||
| Clinical practice 10 yr or less | 21 (91%) | 2 | 0.16 | ||
| Clinical practice >10 yr | 23 (74%) | 8 | |||
| Q8. I was adequately prepared to perform interpretation of kidney biopsy tissue at the end of my nephrology fellowship. | 41 (78%) | 5 | 7 | ||
| Association of Q8 response to time in clinical practice | |||||
| Clinical practice 10 yr or less | 17 (74%) | 6 | 0.74 | ||
| Clinical practice >10 yr | 25 (81%) | 6 |
Q, question number.