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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Fulfilling outpatient medicine responsibilities during internal medicine residency: a quantitative study of housestaff participation with between visit tasks

Characteristic

Total (N = 41)

R1 (N = 20)

R2 (N = 15)

R3 (N = 6)

Total eligible weeks

240

156

50

34

Elective weeks (%)

30 (13)

10 (6)

12 (24)

8 (23)

Median eligible weeks per resident (Interquartile Range)

5 (3–8)

8 (5.5-10.5)

3 (2–4)

5 (3–8)

Career interest

Primary care (%)

5 (12)

2 (10)

2 (13)

1 (17)

Hospitalist medicine (%)

9 (21)

3 (15)

5 (33)

1 (17)

Medical specialties (%)

27 (67)

15 (75)

8 (53)

4 (67)

  1. R1 = First-year resident (Intern), R2 = Second-year resident (Junior Resident), R3 = Third-year resident (Senior Resident)