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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Educ. 2022 Jan 17;79(3):676–685. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.12.013

Table 1:

Demographic Characteristics

Variable Frequencya %a
Gender

 Male 73 37
 Female 126 63
 Other 1 1

Race/Ethnicity

 White 120 60
 Asian 32 16
 Black/African American 24 12
 Hispanic/Latinx 9 5
 Mixed 7 4
 Other 8 4

Training year

 MS3 95 48
 MS4 91 46
 Research/leave-of-absence 13 7

Clerkships completedb

 1 14 7
 2 18 9
 3 8 4
 4 8 4
 5 32 16
 6 29 14
 7 92 46

Acting internship completedc

 Yes 86 43
 No 115 57

Surgical Service

 Benign 121 61
 Oncologic 77 39

Pelvic exam performed in residency of choice

 No 46 23
 Yes 130 65
 Unsure 24 12

Total pelvic exams performed during clerkship

 0-5 5 3
 6-10 52 26
 11-15 87 44
 >15 55 28

Student introduced themselves to patient before gynecologic surgery

 Never 1 1
 Rarely 15 8
 Sometimes 27 14
 Most of the time 83 42
 Always 73 37

Performed bimanual exams under anesthesiad

 Never 13 7
 Rarely 31 16
 Sometimes 85 43
 Most of the time 64 32
 Always 6 3

Performed bimanual exams in ambulatory clinicd

 Never 22 11
 Rarely 56 28
 Sometimes 84 42
 Most of the time 35 18
 Always 1 1
“a”

denotes frequencies or percentages may not add to 201 or 100%, respectively, due to missing data and/or rounding.

“b”

Of all seven core clerkships (internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, family medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics) at the study institution.

“c”

denotes acting internship and/or sub-internship for intended residency.

“d”

denotes relative frequency per total number of pelvic exams performed during clerkship