Table 1.
Attitudes toward and comfort level with urine microscopy
| Survey Question | All, n=59 | Postgraduate Year 1, n=18 | Postgraduate Year 2, n=25 | Postgraduate Year 3, n=16 | P Value |
| How helpful do you think urine microscopy is? | |||||
| Very helpful (5) | 30 (51%) | 8 (47%) | 15 (58%) | 7 (44%) | |
| Somewhat helpful (4) | 24 (41%) | 5 (29%) | 10 (38%) | 9 (56%) | |
| Neutral (3) | 5 (9%) | 4 (24%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Not very helpful (2) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Not at all helpful (1) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Mean (SD) | 4.4 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.6) | 4.4 (0.5) | 0.41 |
| How comfortable do you feel performing urine microscopy? | |||||
| Very comfortable (5) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Somewhat comfortable (4) | 7 (12%) | 1 (6%) | 3 (12%) | 3 (19%) | |
| Neutral (3) | 8 (14%) | 1 (6%) | 6 (23%) | 1 (6%) | |
| Not very comfortable (2) | 18 (31%) | 3 (18%) | 8 (30%) | 7 (44%) | |
| Not at all comfortable (1) | 26 (44%) | 12 (70%) | 9 (35%) | 5 (31%) | |
| Mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.1) | 1.5 (0.9) | 2.2 (0.2) | 2.1 (1.1) | 0.05 |
| Have you ever performed urine microscopy? | |||||
| Yes | 28 (48%) | 6 (35%) | 10 (38%) | 12 (75%) | |
| No | 29 (49%) | 11 (65%) | 15 (58%) | 3 (19%) | |
| Not sure | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (6%) |
Means between postgraduate year (PGY) groups were calculated and compared using the Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA with Dunn multiple comparisons post-test. Post-test analysis for “How helpful do you think urine microscopy is?”: PGY-1 versus PGY-2, P=0.80; PGY-1 versus PGY-3, P>0.99; PGY-2 versus PGY-3, P=0.80. Post-test for “How comfortable do you feel performing urine microscopy?”: PGY-1 versus PGY-2, P=0.05; PGY-1 versus PGY-3, P=0.30; PGY-2 versus PGY-3, P>0.99.