Table 1 Associations between demographic and role-specific factors and high quality in postgraduate medical education. % = the proportion within the group that answered 1, quality. For example, 183 of the respondents were female. Among these 66% reported high quality
Number of individuals | % high quality | P- value | Crude OR | P-value | Adjusted ORa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.13 | 0.2 | ||||
Female | 183 | 66% | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) | ||
Male | 96 | 56% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Years in practice | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||
< 10 | 31 | 61% | 1.0 (0.5–2.3) | 1.2 (0.7–2.3) | ||
10–19 | 136 | 61% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
> 19 | 111 | 64% | 1.1 (0.7–1.9) | 1.4 (0.6–3.7) | ||
Years as programme director | 0.05 | 0.17 | ||||
0.5–2 years | 94 | 53% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
3–7 years | 127 | 69% | 2.0 (1.1–3.5) | 1.8 (1.9–3.4) | ||
> 7 years | 58 | 62% | 1.4 (0.7–2.8) | 1.6 (0.7–3.7) | ||
Medical specialty | < 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||
Auxiliary | 34 | 71% | 3.3 (1.3–8.4) | 2,8 (1–7.7) | ||
General practitioner | 59 | 51% | 1.4 (0.7–3.1) | 3.6 (1.4–9.4) | ||
Medicine/neurology | 50 | 42% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Paediatric | 21 | 71% | 3.5 (1.1–10.4) | 3.4 (1–11.4) | ||
Psychiatric | 20 | 75% | 4.1 (1.3–13.2) | 5.8 (1.7–20.3) | ||
Surgical | 75 | 75% | 4.1 (1.9–8.8) | 4.6 (2–10.6) | ||
Other | 19 | 63% | 2.4 (0.8–7.0) | 2.1 (0.7–6.7) | ||
Type of role | < 0.01 | 0.06 | ||||
PD at a single unit | 150 | 72% | 2.8 (1.7–4.6) | 2.4 (1.2–4.9) | ||
Managerial position at a single unit | 17 | 71% | 2.6 (0.9–7.8) | 2.0 (0.6–6.9) | ||
PD for several units | 112 | 48% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Number of residents | < 0.01 | 0.04 | ||||
0–10 | 88 | 69% | 2.7 (1.5–5.1) | 2.2 (1–5.2) | ||
11–20 | 73 | 70% | 2.8 (1.5–5.4) | 2.3 (1–5.2) | ||
21–30 | 32 | 72% | 3.1 (1.3–7.4) | 3.6 (1.4–9.7) | ||
> 30 | 86 | 45% | 1.0 | 1.0 |