Table 2.
Association of residents’ views on benefits, confidence, and satisfaction with submission to and selection by a competitive forum.
| Residents’ viewsa on benefits, confidence, and satisfaction | n (%)a | Submitted to competitive forum | Selected by competitive forum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p-valueb | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p-valueb | ||
| Submitting a research project to a competitive forum as a resident is beneficial to you | 17 (42.5) | 12 (57.1) | 5 (26.3) | 0.04 | 1 (16.7) | 16 (47.1) | 0.22 |
| Quality improvement projects are beneficial to clinical practice | 30 (75.0) | 14 (66.7) | 16 (84.2) | 0.28 | 2 (33.3) | 28 (82.4) | 0.03 |
| Satisfied with the medicine residency program’s research/quality improvement submission requirement | 24 (60.0) | 13 (61.9) | 11 (57.9) | 0.80 | 1 (16.7) | 23 (67.7) | 0.03 |
| Satisfied with the medicine residency program’s ability to meet your research/ quality improvement needs | 32 (80.0) | 18 (85.7) | 14 (73.7) | 0.44 | 3 (50.0) | 29 (85.3) | 0.08 |
| Satisfied with the medicine residency program’s current research/quality improvement curriculum | 26 (65.0) | 14 (66.7) | 12 (63.2) | 0.82 | 1 (16.7) | 25 (73.5) | 0.01 |
| Confidence to perform a quality improvement project within the residency program | 22 (55.0) | 12 (57.1) | 10 (52.6) | 0.77 | 3 (50.0) | 19 (55.9) | 0.79 |
a
Number and percentage of positive answers to each research question on residents’ views of benefits, confidence, and satisfaction.
b
p-value of chi-square analysis or fisher’s exact test.