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Table 2 Residents’ self-assessment of research related tasks before and after completing the RRP, as well as the difference in their assessment

From: Structure and evaluation of a residency research program in a university hospital

Variables

Pre

Mean ± SD

Post

Mean ± SD

Diff (Post-Pre)

Mean ± SD

P-value

Total score 1-Literature Review

66.4 ± 19.5

80.5 ± 15.5

14.1 ± 12.6

< 0.0001

 Literature review

65.4 ± 21.5

78.4 ± 17.6

13.3 ± 16.1

< 0.0001

 Using PubMed

65.1 ± 20.8

80.0 ± 16.9

14.9 ± 14.8

< 0.0001

 Reading articles

70.4 ± 19.9

83.3 ± 15.7

12.9 ± 14.5

< 0.0001

 Summarizing articles

65.4 ± 23.2

80.2 ± 17.7

14.7 ± 16.9

< 0.0001

Total score 2-Writing the Proposal

48.0 ± 20.5

71.1 ± 15.8

23.1 ± 17.7

< 0.0001

 Defining research objectives

57.8 ± 23.8

76.8 ± 17.1

19.0 ± 18.6

< 0.0001

 Constructing questionnaire

49.5 ± 22.9

69.3 ± 17.9

19.8 ± 18.6

< 0.0001

 Writing proposal

45.7 ± 24.9

72.2 ± 17.4

26.5 ± 22.0

< 0.0001

 Applying to IRB

68.5 ± 21.0

52.6 ± 21.9

29.3 ± 22.0

< 0.0001

Total score 3-Data management and analyses

52.6 ± 21.9

72.8 ± 16.1

20.2 ± 17.7

< 0.0001

 Data collection

59.4 ± 26.3

79.4 ± 17.9

20.0 ± 20.0

< 0.0001

 Data entry

54.9 ± 27.1

77.7 ± 18.3

22.7 ± 23.2

< 0.0001

 Data analyses

45.4 ± 23.5

66.3 ± 20.6

21.0 ± 21.1

< 0.0001

 Data summarization

52.3 ± 24.5

71.7 ± 18.6

19.4 ± 21.6

< 0.0001

 Tables graphs

52.1 ± 23.4

72.1 ± 17.8

20.0 ± 20.6

< 0.0001

Total score 4-Writing

52.8 ± 21.9

72.2 ± 17.7

19.4 ± 17.1

< 0.0001

 Writing introduction

57.4 ± 25.2

77.0 ± 17.2

19.6 ± 20.2

< 0.0001

 Writing methods

52.6 ± 25.1

74.4 ± 18.7

21.8 ± 19.9

< 0.0001

 Writing results

53.4 ± 24.1

74.4 ± 18.2

21.0 ± 19.2

< 0.0001

 Writing discussion

53.3 ± 23.5

71.5 ± 18.2

18.2 ± 17.9

< 0.0001

 References

57.4 ± 26.3

76.2 ± 18.6

18.8 ± 21.4

< 0.0001

 Submission publication

39.4 ± 24.1

59.8 ± 25.6

20.4 ± 23.3

< 0.0001

 Study presentation

60.4 ± 25.6

78.8 ± 18.6

18.4 ± 21.8

< 0.0001

Total score

54.5 ± 19.5

73.8 ± 15.0

19.3 ± 14.1

< 0.0001

  1. IRB Institutional Review Board, SD standard deviation; RRP Residency Research Program