Table 5.

Medicolegal issues in curriculum by geography

	n	%	p valuea
Medicolegal issues present Northeast			0.76
Yes	88	34.78
No/unsure	165	65.22
Midwest
Yes	86	36.75
No/unsure	148	63.25
South
Yes	60	33.52
No/unsure	119	66.48
West
Yes	59	31.89
No/unsure	126	68.11
Number of hours of instruction in curriculum  Northeast, hours			0.37
< 3	206	81.42
≥ 3	47	18.58
Midwest
< 3	195	83.33
≥ 3	39	16.67
South
< 3	138	77.09
≥ 3	41	22.91
West
< 3	153	83.15
≥ 3	32	16.85

^a Chi-squared test.