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Table 2 Preparation and importance in various skills.

From: Are Canadian General Internal Medicine training program graduates well prepared for their future careers?

MEDICAL EXPERT

 

Preparation % 1 or 2

Preparation % 4 or 5

Importance % 1 or 2

Importance % 4 or 5

History taking

0.00 %

100.00 %

0.00 %

99.40 %

Physical examination

0.00 %

98.31 %

0.00 %

99.39 %

Diagnosis of undifferentiated illness

1.14 %

91.48 %

0.00 %

98.17 %

Management of chronic illness

3.98 %

80.11 %

1.22 %

95.12 %

Care of multi-system disease

0.56 %

94.35 %

0.00 %

99.40 %

Care of critically ill patients

2.29 %

84.57 %

0.00 %

96.95 %

Develop problem-solving

0.56 %

94.92 %

0.00 %

99.40 %

Medical problems of pregnancy

21.59 %

37.50 %

3.64 %

75.76 %

Peri-operative care

9.04 %

66.10 %

0.00 %

92.77 %

Therapeutics

1.14 %

80.57 %

0.61 %

95.73 %

Pain management

33.33 %

27.12 %

7.32 %

74.39 %

Recognize treatable rare diseases

9.04 %

55.93 %

4.22 %

74.70 %

COMMUNICATOR

Communication skills

2.82 %

87.01 %

0.60 %

96.99 %

Consultation skills

2.26 %

81.92 %

0.00 %

98.19 %

COLLABORATOR

Collaborate with non-physician caregivers

14.04 %

64.04 %

2.41 %

83.13 %

MANAGER

Administration skills

57.06 %

16.38 %

24.85 %

42.42 %

Set-up of an office

84.83 %

2.81 %

15.76 %

69.09 %

HEALTH ADVOCATE

Choose cost effective treatments

20.79 %

45.51 %

4.22 %

78.92 %

Counsel regarding smoking

52.54 %

23.73 %

8.48 %

65.45 %

Counsel regarding exercise

45.20 %

25.42 %

7.27 %

70.91 %

Counsel regarding HIV testing

32.20 %

38.98 %

12.12 %

60.61 %

Counsel about domestic violence

74.58 %

9.04 %

29.70 %

36.36 %

Counsel about substance abuse

58.19 %

16.95 %

21.34 %

50.00 %

SCHOLAR

Research skills

40.68 %

24.29 %

23.49 %

36.75 %

Develop life-long learning skills

2.27 %

85.23 %

0.00 %

98.18 %

Critical appraisal

7.34 %

66.10 %

1.81 %

87.35 %

Participate in quality assurance

43.82 %

22.47 %

12.65 %

58.43 %

Teaching skills

5.08 %

67.80 %

1.81 %

80.12 %

PROFESSIONAL

End-of-life issues

19.10 %

56.18 %

3.61 %

83.73 %

Ethics

14.12 %

55.37 %

3.61 %

78.31 %

Compliance issues

26.55 %

36.72 %

3.03 %

81.21 %

  1. Expressed as % of respondents indicating 1 or 2 on the Likert Scale versus 4 or 5. Those with a gap of > 20 % between preparation and importance are high lighted in bold.