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Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) GM-ITE scores of the university and community-based hospital 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

Year

Subcategory

PGY-1

PGY-2

University hospitals

Community-based hospitals

University hospitals

Community-based hospitals

2016

 

n = 287

n = 1790

n = 225

n = 1844

Medical interview and professionalism

10.20 (2.80)

11.77 (2.33)

11.23 (2.57)

11.77 (2.45)

Symptomatology and clinical reasoning

13.57 (2.66)

14.72 (2.74)

14.15 (2.98)

15.30 (2.81)

Physical examination and clinical procedures

10.33 (2.70)

12.03 (2.47)

11.46 (2.52)

12.19 (2.64)

Disease knowledge

14.24 (3.20)

15.73 (3.04)

15.56 (3.49)

16.86 (3.24)

Total score (maximum score 100)

48.34 (8.22)

54.26 (7.30)

52.40 (8.43)

56.13 (8.15)

2017

 

n = 239

n = 2144

n = 284

n = 2214

Medical interview and professionalism

2.98 (1.02)

3.07 (10.8)

2.87 (1.05)

2.98 (1.12)

Symptomatology and clinical reasoning

9.01 (2.40)

10.01 (2.39)

9.53 (2.57)

10.43 (2.49)

Physical examination and clinical procedures

9.46 (2.07)

10.43 (2.20)

9.73 (2.30)

10.52 (2.23)

Disease knowledge

8.44 (1.86)

9.11 (1.98)

8.18 (2.09)

9.02 (2.10)

Total score (maximum score 60)

29.90 (4.67)

32.62 (5.09)

30.31 (5.43)

32.95 (5.43)

2018

 

n = 226

n = 2425

n = 295

n = 2252

Medical interview and professionalism

2.82 (1.01)

2.88 (2.30)

2.92 (1.17)

3.09 (1.10)

Symptomatology and clinical reasoning

9.37 (2.16)

10.01 (2.12)

9.87 (2.08)

10.42 (2.19)

Physical examination and clinical procedures

8.35 (2.40)

9.43 (2.27)

8.82 (2.26)

9.67 (2.42)

Disease knowledge

7.49 (2.40)

8.27 (2.30)

8.20 (2.32)

8.79 (2.52)

Total score (maximum score 60)

28.00 (5.59)

30.59 (5.36)

29.81 (5.40)

31.97 (6.00)

  1. GM-ITE indicates general medicine in-training examination; PGY, postgraduate year