The influence of the cultural climate of the training environment on physicians' self-perception of competence and preparedness for practice

Table 2 Comparison of the respondents' perceptions per location on level of preparedness in the different competencies

Competency	District Teaching Hospital Setting	N	Mean	SD	Range	95% CI
Medical Expert^†	Netherlands	16	2.84	0.72	2.50	2.46–3.23
	Curaçao	17	2.78	0.55	2.25	2.50–3.06
Communicator	Netherlands	16	3.25	0.68	2.00	2.89–3.61
	Curaçao	17	2.87	0.52	1.75	2.60–3.13
Collaborator	Netherlands	16	2.86	0.64	2.25	2.52–3.20
	Curaçao	17	2.75	0.56	2.00	2.46–3.03
Scholar	Netherlands	16	2.36	1.02	4.00	1.81–2.90
	Curaçao	17	2.88	0.70	2.50	2.52–3.24
Health Advocate	Netherlands	16	2.81	0.83	2.50	2.37–3.25
	Curaçao	17	3.00	0.50	2.00	2.74–3.26
Manager*	Netherlands	16	1.81	1.06	3.75	1.25–2.38
	Curaçao	17	2.72	0.66	2.25	2.38–3.06
Professional	Netherlands	16	3.12	0.74	2.25	2.73–3.52
	Curaçao	17	2.99	0.52	2.00	2.72–3.25
Level of Preparedness	Netherlands	16	2.86	0.72	2.40	2.43–3.15
	Curaçao	17	2.93	0.47	1.76	2.69–3.17

Scale: (1 = totally disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = totally agree)
* = The difference between the means was significant (p = 0.006)
^† = Best predictors of level of preparedness using multiple linear regression (R² = 0.78)

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