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Table 2 Associations between work tasks of the programme director and high quality in postgraduate medical education

From: Factors related to the role of programme directors in association with quality in postgraduate medical education – a cross-sectional study

 

Number of individuals

% high quality

P- value

Crude OR

P-value

Adjusted

ORa

Organize and plan the process of PGME at the workplace

  

0.64

 

0.07

 

 Yes

209

63%

 

1.1 (0.7–2)

 

1.8 (1.0–3.5)

 No

70

60%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Organize and plan the training of individual residents

  

0.35

 

0.6

 

 Yes

119

66%

 

1.3 (0.8–2.1)

 

1.1 (0.7–2.0)

 No

160

60%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Support and supervise the residents

  

0.9

 

0.5

 

 Yes

107

63%

 

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

 

1.2 (0.7–2.1)

 No

172

62%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Support and supervise the supervisors

  

0.78

 

0.25

 

 Yes

61

64%

 

1.1 (0.6–2)

 

1.5 (0.7–3.0)

 No

218

62%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Handling conflicts and disagreements

  

0.59

 

0.6

 

 Yes

33

67%

 

1.2 (.6–2.7)

 

1.3 (0.5–2.9)

 No

246

62%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Negotiate the residents’ training needs in relation to the need for clinical production

  

0.33

 

0.46

 

 Yes

99

59%

 

1.0

 

1.0

 No

180

64%

 

1.3(.8–2.1)

 

1.2 (0.7–2.2)

Negotiate between different residents

  

< 0.01

 

< 0.01

 

 Yes

42

83%

 

3.5 (1.5–8.3)

 

3.3 (1.3–8.4)

 No

237

59%

 

1.0

 

1.0

Make PGME visible and highly valued

  

0.26

 

0.52

 

 Yes

166

60%

 

1.0

 

1.0

 No

113

66%

 

1.3 (0.8–2.2)

 

1.2 (0.7–2.2)

Own competence development

  

0.86

 

0.25

 

 Yes

78

62%

 

1.0

 

1.0

 No

201

63%

 

1.1 (0.6–1.8)

 

1.4 (0.8–2.7)

Part of the management team

  

0.40

 

0.6

 

 Yes. full or associate

110

59%

 

1.0

 

1.0

 No

167

64%

 

1.2 (0.8–2.0)

 

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

Part of board of research and education

  

0.28

 

0.6

 

 Yes. full or associate

106

58%

 

1.0

 

1.0

 No

167

64%

 

1.3 (0.8–2.17)

 

1.2 (0.7–2.1)

  1. a Adjusted for gender, years in practice, years as PD, medical specialty, type of role, and number of residents