Interprofessional education in graduate medical education: survey study of residency program directors

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Residencies’ and program directors’ characteristics and prevalence of IPE

Characteristic	Frequency	Percentage	Has IPE	Percentage
Type of Program
University-Based Community	102	43.78	67	65.69
Community-Based, University-Affiliated	98	42.06	58	59.18
Community-Based, Non-Affiliated	27	11.59	15	55.56
Military	5	2.15	3	60
Other	1	0.43	1	100
Specialty
Emergency Medicine	27	11.59	20	74.07
Family Medicine	61	26.18	45	73.77
Internal Medicine	46	19.74	25	54.35
Obstetrics/Gynecology	25	10.73	14	56
Psychiatry	17	7.3	9	52.94
Surgery	22	9.44	12	54.55
Pediatrics	35	15.02	19	54.29
Community Size
Less than 30,000	3	1.29	2	66.67
30,000 to 74,999	17	7.3	10	58.82
75,000 to 149,999	32	13.73	16	50
150,000 to 499,999	54	23.18	36	66.67
500,000 to 1 million	42	18.03	28	66.67
More than 1 million	85	36.48	52	61.18
Proportion of Non-US Graduates
0 to 24%	135	57.94	91	67.41
25 to 49%	23	9.87	12	52.17
50 to 74%	23	9.87	15	65.22
75 to 100%	50	21.46	24	48
Don’t Know	1	0.43	1	100
No Answer	1	0.43	1	100
Gender
Male	141	60.52	85	60.28
Female	90	38.63	58	64.44
No Answer	2	0.86	1	50
Region
Midwest	64	27.47	41	64.06
Northeast	61	26.18	38	62.3
South	62	26.61	39	62.9
West	35	15.02	20	57.14
No Answer	11	4.72	6	54.55
	Mean	Std. Dev.
Years Since Program Started	43.43	21.59
Years as a Program director	6.82	5.87

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