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Table 3 Median number of sessions, 10th and 90th centiles (in brackets) of number of sessions undertaken by Core Surgical Trainees, and non-Core Surgical Trainee doctors in off work, theatre, clinic, on call, ward cover, and teaching session categories. Non-parametric independent samples median test with p values shown

From: An audit of clinical training exposure amongst junior doctors working in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in 101 hospitals in the United Kingdom

 

CST Trainees (n = 200)

Non-CST Trainees (n = 607)

Independent samples median test

 

Median number of sessions

Median number of sessions

Significance (p value)

(10th - 90th Centiles)

(10th - 90th Centiles)

Off Work

2 (0–10)

2 (0–10)

0.869

Theatre

2 (0–5)

0 (0–2)

<0.001

Clinic

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

<0.001

On Call

1 (0–4)

0 (0–4)

0.084

Ward Cover

0 (0–5)

4 (0–10)

<0.001

Teaching

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

<0.001

  1. The bold p values shown are meant to represent those that met the stated level of significance of < 0.05