Impact of general medicine rotation training on the in-training examination scores of 11, 244 Japanese resident physicians: a Nationwide multi-center cross-sectional study

Table 2 Factors related to GM-ITE score (multilevel analysis)

Variables	Estimated Coefficient	Standard Error	p-value
Hospital information
Rural area (vs. Urban area)	0.3027	0.2795	0.279
University hospital [vs. Community hospital (incl. University branch hospital)]	−1.7672	0.5052	0.0005
Resident information
Sex
Male	0
Female	−0.3344	0.1511	0.0269
Deviation value	0.2904	0.03638	< 0.0001
ED duties per month
0 per month	0
1 to 2 per month	0.6283	0.4287	0.1428
3 to 5 per month	1.2235	0.4003	0.0022
More than 6 per month	1.1435	0.4499	0.0111
Unknown	0.1298	0.8869	0.8836
Average number of inpatients in charge
0 to 4	0
5 to 9	1.0089	0.2026	< 0.0001
10 to 14	0.9146	0.2646	0.0006
More than 15	1.1861	0.4068	0.0036
Unknown	0.3277	0.4227	0.4382
UpToDate use (vs. Not used)	1.4842	0.1663	< 0.0001
Study time per day
None	0
0 to 30 min	0.5612	0.2873	0.0508
31 to 60 min	1.1379	0.29	< 0.0001
61 to 90 min	1.7196	0.3308	< 0.0001
More than 91 min	2.2147	0.4613	< 0.0001
Year
2016	0
2017	−22.981	0.1846	< 0.0001
2018	−24.2165	0.1651	< 0.0001
Combination of resident and hospital information
GM department and rotation
Did not experience GM rotation in hospitals without GM department	0
Did not experience GM rotation in hospitals with GM department	0.9423	0.3065	0.0021
Experienced GM rotation	1.1848	0.3045	0.0001

GM general medicine, GM-ITE general medicine in-training examination, ED emergency department

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