Table 1.

Attitudes about Working when Sick, Related to Severity and Type of Illness

	Agree or Strongly Agree				P-Value
	Totals	Students	Residents	Faculty
I feel a professional obligation to come into work even when I am feeling sick.	60%	61%	84%	46%	0.02
I would come into work with …
A cold (i.e., a mild upper respiratory infection without fever).	95%	96%	100%	92%	0.39
The flu (i.e., fever, myalgias, and cough).	33%	35%	67%	14%	0.001
A fever > 101.5.	13%	10%	37%	6%	0.003
A fever < 101.5.	59%	65%	68%	42%	0.046
Vomiting (1 or more episodes of vomiting within the last 8 h).	24%	15%	58%	22%	0.001
Diarrhea (3 or more watery stools within the last 8 h).	28%	25%	58%	17%	0.004