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Table 1 Background characteristics of the residents

From: Difference in the general medicine in-training examination score between community-based hospitals and university hospitals: a cross-sectional study based on 15,188 Japanese resident physicians

 

PGY-1 residents

PGY-2 residents

University hospital

Community-based hospital

University hospital

Community-based hospital

n = 752

n = 6359

n = 804

n = 6350

Hospital-level variable

 Hospital Location

  Urban

112 (14.9)

1808 (28.4)

101 (12.6)

1851 (29.1)

  Rural

585 (77.8)

4410 (69.4)

671 (83.5)

4382 (69.0)

  Other (> 50 million)

55 (7.3)

141 (2.2)

32 (4.0)

117 (1.8)

Resident-level variable

 Sex

  Male

479 (63.7)

4316 (67.9)

516 (64.2)

4386 (69.1)

  Female

273 (36.3)

2043 (32.1)

288 (35.8)

1964 (30.9)

Emergency department duty per month

  0

105 (14.0)

163 (2.6)

58 (7.2)

120 (1.9)

  1 to 2 h

348 (46.3)

698 (11.0)

289 (35.9)

624 (9.8)

  3 to 5 h

206 (27.4)

4716 (74.2)

393 (48.9)

4582 (72.2)

   > 6 h per month

72 (9.6)

748 (11.8)

45 (5.6)

991 (15.6)

  Unknown

21 (2.8)

34 (0.5)

19 (2.4)

33 (0.5)

 Average number of inpatients each resident is in charged of

  0 to 4

158 (21.0)

1078 (17.0)

189 (23.5)

868 (13.7)

  5 to 9

511 (68.0)

3816 (60.0)

519 (64.6)

3702 (58.3)

  10 to 14

69 (9.2)

961 (15.1)

63 (7.8)

1141 (18.0)

   > 15

7 (0.9)

287 (4.5)

12 (1.5)

430 (6.8)

  Unknown

7 (0.9)

217 (3.4)

21 (2.6)

209 (3.3)

 Study time

  0 to 30 min

361 (48.0)

2396 (37.7)

324 (40.3)

2088 (32.9)

  31 to 60 min

245 (32.6)

2507 (39.4)

296 (36.8)

2614 (41.2)

  61 to 90 min

54 (7.2)

866 (13.6)

108 (13.4)

994 (15.7)

   > 91 min

12 (1.6)

242 (3.8)

26 (3.2)

301 (4.7)

  None

80 (10.6)

348 (5.5)

50 (6.2)

353 (5.6)

 General medicine department rotation

  Yes

186 (24.7)

2119 (33.3)

319 (39.7)

2799 (44.1)

  No (in hospitals with a GM department)

552 (73.4)

2775 (43.6)

466 (58.0)

2180 (34.3)

  No GM department

14 (1.9)

1465 (23.0)

19 (2.4)

1371 (21.6)

 Use of medical online resources

  Unknown/none

287 (38.2)

2736 (43.0)

362 (45.0)

2649 (41.7)

  Up-to-date

82 (10.9)

1269 (20.0)

103 (12.8)

1373 (21.6)

  Others

383 (50.9)

2354 (37.0)

339 (42.2)

2328 (36.7)

 Year

  2016

287 (38.2)

1790 (28.1)

225 (28.0)

1884 (29.7)

  2017

239 (31.8)

2144 (33.7)

284 (35.3)

2214 (34.9)

  2018

226 (30.1)

2425 (38.1)

295 (36.7)

2252 (35.5)

  1. Data are presented as n (%). PGY indicates postgraduate year