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Table 3 Preparation and importance for procedural skills.

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

 

Preparation % 1 or 2

Preparation % 4 or 5

Importance % 1 or 2

Importance % 4 or 5

ACLS/CPR

0.56 %

95.0%

0.60 %

92.22 %

Allergy testing

88.20 %

3.37 %

88.03 %

1.82 %

Ambulatory ECG interpretation.

11.80 %

73.03 %

4.22 %

89.76 %

Articular Drainage

25.14 %

44.13 %

11.90 %

54.76 %

Bone marrow interpretation

60.57 %

16.00 %

57.67 %

19.02 %

Bronchoscopy

86.29 %

6.86 %

63.80 %

12.88 %

Capillary Blood Glucose

42.11 %

42.11 %

48.48 %

39.39 %

Cardioversion

17.32 %

58.66 %

5.42 %

69.88 %

Chest tube insertion

47.46 %

34.36 %

18.07 %

51.20 %

Colonoscopy

86.93 %

6.82 %

67.07 %

12.20 %

Echocardiography

91.48 %

3.98 %

61.21 %

20.61 %

Endotracheal intubation

13.56 %

62.71 %

3.59 %

83.23 %

Esophagogastroscopy

84.00 %

8.57 %

61.96 %

16.56 %

Exercise stress testing

27.12 %

50.85 %

8.48 %

73.33 %

Foley catheter insertion

44.74 %

34.21 %

33.33 %

33.33 %

Hemodialysis

61.93 %

13.07 %

59.04

13.25 %

Hemodynamic monitoring

10.80 %

64.20 %

6.63 %

68.07 %

Indirect laryngoscopy

90.40 %

2.82 %

73.94 %

4.85 %

Liver biopsy

86.44 %

5.08 %

79.52 %

7.83 %

Lumbar puncture

2.22 %

85.56 %

1.79 %

91.07 %

Mechanical ventilation

7.82 %

63.69 %

1.82 %

76.97 %

Microscopic exam of urine

36.46 %

36.46 %

25.44 %

43.79 %

Paracentesis

2.78 %

87.22 %

1.80 %

81.44 %

Peripheral smears – Interpretation

53.63 %

24.02 %

43.03 %

28.48 %

Peritoneal dialysis

67.22 %

6.67 %

63.47 %

7.19 %

Pleural biopsy

81.67 %

5.56 %

73.49 %

7.83 %

Renal biopsy

93.89 %

1.67 %

90.96 %

2.41 %

Sigmoidoscopy

80.00 %

12.22 %

47.27 %

27.27 %

Sputum Gram Stain

69.06 %

12.71 %

56.80 %

20.12 %

Steroid Injections (Non-articular)

56.50 %

23.73 %

43.64 %

27.88 %

Temporary Pacemaker Insertion

37.99 %

39.66 %

19.16 %

61.08 %

Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy

79.89 %

7.82 %

50.30 %

17.96 %

TPN Initiation

49.16 %

21.79 %

23.95 %

38.32 %

Tracheostomy Tube Change

71.67 %

15.00 %

51.48 %

20.71 %

Transthoracic Pacing

19.44 %

54.44 %

9.47 %

65.68 %

  1. Preparation and Importance expressed as percentage of respondents answering 1 and 2 or 4 and 5 on the Likert Scale.