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Table 7 Institutional differences: observation and participation

From: The professionalism disconnect: do entering residents identify yet participate in unprofessional behaviors?

Q12 Behaviors

Neither observed or participated

Observed

Participated

p-value

Duke

VMC/ECU

Duke

VMC/ECU

Duke

VMC/ECU

Attended a drug-rep sponsored dinner

23.40%

16.53%

26.79%

16.53%

49.81%

66.94%

.0037

Use drug from sample cabinet for indigent patient

58.49%

47.11%

29.43%

28.93%

12.08%

23.97%

.0086

"Blocked" admissions you thought inappropriate

34.34%

52.89%

48.68%

35.54%

16.98%

11.57%

.0011

Celebrated a "blocked" admission

36.60%

55.37%

51.32%

37.19%

12.08%

7.44%

.0007

Disparaged ER team/outpatient doctor to others for missed findings later discovered on the floor

36.60%

47.93%

52.08%

50.41%

11.32%

1.65%

.0043

Friend-ed a patient on facebook

77.36%

86.78%

21.13%

12.40%

1.51%

0.83%

.0311

Dated a patient

81.51%

90.08%

16.98%

9.09%

1.51%

0.83%

.0327

Cheated on exam because no time to study

76.60%

88.43%

22.26%

11.57%

1.13%

0.00%

.0062

Asked student to perform medical/surgical procedure on patient perceived beyond skill level

71.32%

80.99%

26.42%

17.36%

2.26%

1.65%

.0455

Reported patient information (labs, test results) as normal when uncertain of the true results

65.28%

76.03%

30.19%

19.83%

4.53%

4.13%

.0430

Written or called in a prescription for self

72.45%

83.47%

21.13%

13.22%

6.42%

3.31%

.0182