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Table 1 Comparison of composite score based on the 5-point composite endpoint (ITER included) across letter writers

From: Reference letters for subspecialty medicine residency positions: are they valuable for decision-making? Results from a Canadian study

 

Letter writer

P value

Non-program director home institution letters, n = 398

Program director letters, n = 201

elective letters, n = 116

Composite score

0

9

0

6

< 0.0001

1

67

5

50

2

172

17

47

3

142

54

13

4

8

104

0

5

0

21

0

  1. Findings are significant for subgroup analysis of home versus elective as well (p < 0.0001)