Table 4 Gender differences: professionalism rating
Q11 Behaviors | Professionalism rating | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unprofessional (1-2) | Neutral (3) | Professional (4-5) | p-value | ||||
Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | ||
Women health care providers wearing clothing which reveals exposed midriff, cleavage or thighs | 97.37% | 90.87% | 1.32% | 7.31% | 1.32% | 1.83% | .0423 |
Men/women health care providers wearing wrinkled shirts or pants, tennis shoes, cargo pants | 91.45% | 84.47% | 7.89% | 12.79% | 0.66% | 2.74% | .0334 |
Blocking" admissions you think are inappropriate | 62.67% | 46.79% | 26.67% | 31.65% | 10.67% | 21.56% | .0009 |
Celebrating a "blocked" admission | 91.39% | 84.40% | 7.95% | 13.76% | 0.66% | 1.83% | .0456 |
“Friending” a patient on Facebook | 96.05% | 88.13% | 3.29% | 10.96% | 0.66% | 0.91% | .0152 |
Having non-medical/personal conversation in a patient corridor (e.g. discussing evening plans) | 56.58% | 45.41% | 34.87% | 42.66% | 8.55% | 11.93% | .0405 |
Treating staff, technicians, coordinators, etc. differently than physicians | 93.42% | 84.02% | 5.92% | 12.79% | 0.66% | 3.20% | .0055 |
Encouraging a student to state that they are a doctor to expedite patient care | 98.01% | 93.12% | 1.32% | 5.05% | 0.66% | 1.83% | .0504 |
Staying past shift limits to complete a patient care task which could have been signed out | 53.64% | 42.20% | 34.44% | 40.37% | 11.92% | 17.43% | .0266 |
Writing or calling in a prescription for self | 90.07% | 81.65% | 7.95% | 15.14% | 1.99% | 3.21% | .0417 |
Accepting a gift from a patient worth > $25 | 86.75% | 75.46% | 13.25% | 21.76% | 0.00% | 2.78% | .0032 |
Dating an attending on another service | 65.13% | 47.49% | 31.58% | 45.21% | 3.29% | 7.31% | .0007 |
Dating a supervising attending | 95.39% | 82.65% | 3.95% | 15.98% | 0.66% | 1.37% | .0006 |
Having coffee, lunch or a drink with a patient | 79.61% | 60.55% | 19.08% | 33.49% | 1.32% | 5.96% | < .0001 |