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Table 3 Results of subgroup analysis

From: 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

Subgroup

GM rotation/GM department

N

Estimated Coefficient

SE

P-value

Urban area

no/no

533

0

  
 

no/yes

1283

0.9997

0.656

0.1277

 

yes/yes

1197

1.3449

0.6458

0.0374

Rural area

no/no

1323

0

  
 

no/yes

3641

0.9057

0.3448

0.0086

 

yes/yes

3267

1.1051

0.3435

0.0013

Community hospital

no/no

1831

0

  
 

no/yes

4150

0.9369

0.3121

0.0027

 

yes/yes

4009

1.0941

0.3098

0.0004

University Hospital

no/no

25

0

  
 

no/yes

774

2.9894

2.2138

0.1773

 

yes/yes

455

3.6334

2.1959

0.0984

Male

no/no

1242

0

  
 

no/yes

3294

0.7854

0.3533

0.0263

 

yes/yes

3075

1.1612

0.3513

0.001

Female

no/no

614

0

  
 

no/yes

1630

0.9223

0.4261

0.0305

 

yes/yes

1389

1.206

0.4308

0.0052

Deviation value <= 65.0

no/no

892

0

  
 

no/yes

2570

0.7941

0.3787

0.036

 

yes/yes

2413

1.0696

0.3765

0.0045

Deviation value > = 65.1

no/no

964

0

  
 

no/yes

2354

0.9123

0.4119

0.0269

 

yes/yes

2051

1.2676

0.4137

0.0022

ED duty: 0 per month

no/no

40

0

  
 

no/yes

180

0.9343

1.3604

0.4935

 

yes/yes

127

−0.04607

1.3895

0.9736

ED duty: 1 to 2 per month

no/no

155

0

  
 

no/yes

878

1.2616

0.8098

0.1196

 

yes/yes

510

1.6789

0.8348

0.0446

ED duty: 3 to 5 per month

no/no

1446

0

  
 

no/yes

3235

0.8094

0.3388

0.0169

 

yes/yes

3098

1.097

0.3371

0.0011

ED duty: more than 6 per month

no/no

205

0

  
 

no/yes

575

0.629

0.7102

0.376

 

yes/yes

693

1.4192

0.7069

0.045

Average number of inpatients in charge: 0 to 4

no/no

310

0

  
 

no/yes

784

1.0523

0.5967

0.0781

 

yes/yes

682

0.8281

0.6093

0.1744

Average number of inpatients in charge: 5 to 9

no/no

1081

0

  
 

no/yes

2947

0.9504

0.3662

0.0095

 

yes/yes

2622

1.3387

0.3648

0.0002

Average number of inpatients in charge: 10 to 14

no/no

317

0

  
 

no/yes

770

0.01113

0.6356

0.986

 

yes/yes

725

0.8508

0.6402

0.1842

Average number of inpatients in charge: more than 15

no/no

60

0

  
 

no/yes

245

−0.02175

1.1874

0.9854

 

yes/yes

310

0.1001

1.1793

0.9324

UpToDate non-user

no/no

1047

0

  
 

no/yes

2688

0.7996

0.312

0.0104

 

yes/yes

1948

0.8833

0.3143

0.005

UpToDate user

no/no

269

0

  
 

no/yes

816

1.048

0.576

0.069

 

yes/yes

1077

1.9872

0.5635

0.0004

Study time: none

no/no

98

0

  
 

no/yes

308

0.9609

0.9799

0.3277

 

yes/yes

249

−0.1344

1.0034

0.8936

Study time: 0 to 30 min

no/no

591

0

  
 

no/yes

1864

1.1565

0.4112

0.0049

 

yes/yes

1567

1.5432

0.4161

0.0002

Study time: 31 to 60 min

no/no

820

0

  
 

no/yes

1875

0.6662

0.4023

0.0979

 

yes/yes

1762

1.4065

0.4027

0.0005

Study time: 61 to 90 min

no/no

265

0

  
 

no/yes

663

0.2159

0.6385

0.7354

 

yes/yes

672

0.8812

0.6487

0.1748

Study time: more than 91 min

no/no

73

0

  
 

no/yes

180

0.3576

1.3614

0.7935

 

yes/yes

198

0.9663

1.3499

0.4761

  1. ED emergency department
  2. Each multilevel regression analysis adjusted for variables indicated in Table 2