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

Table 3 Estimated differences in GM-ITE total score and scores in the 4 subcategories (university hospitals vs. community-based hospitals)

	PGY-1				PGY-2
	Difference	95% CI		P	Difference	95% CI		P
Two-level model
Total score	−2.52	−3.61	−1.42	<.0001	−1.89	−3.0317	−0.7499	0.0012
Three-level model
Medical interview and professionalism	0.00	−0.31	0.31	0.9843	−0.08	−0.4037	0.2373	0.6108
Symptomatology and clinical reasoning	−0.73	−1.04	−0.42	<.0001	−0.60	−0.9252	−0.2842	0.0002
Physical examination and clinical procedures	−1.28	− 1.59	−0.96	<.0001	−0.51	−0.8317	−0.1907	0.0018
Disease knowledge	−0.52	−0.83	−0.21	0.0011	−0.69	−1.0118	−0.3708	<.0001

CI indicates confidence interval; GM-ITE, general medicine in-training examination; PGY, postgraduate year

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