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Table 5 Evaluation of educational climate among the four specialty groups

From: The postgraduate medical educational climate assessed by the Danish Residency Educational Climate Test (DK-RECT): a validation and cross-sectional observational study

Subscales

Median (IQR)a

Mean (SD)

P2

1. Supervision

4.3(3.7-4.7)

4.1(1.0)

P=0.4147

 Surgery

4.3(3.7-4.7)

4.0(1.1)

 

 Medicine

4.3(3.3-4.7)

4.0(1.1)

 

 Auxiliary

4.3(3.7-4.7)

4.1(0.9)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.7(4.0-5.0)

4.3(1.0)

 

2. Coaching and assessment

3.3(2.6-3.9)

3.2(1.2)

P=0.0065

 Surgery

3.1(2.5-3.8)

3.1(1.2)

 

 Medicine

3.1(2.6-3.8)

3.1(1.1)

 

 Auxiliary

3.6(2.9-4.0)

3.4(1.0)

 

 Anaesthesiology

3.7(2.9-4.0)

3.6(1.1)

 

3. Feedback

3.0(2.3-3.8)

3.0(1.2)

P<0.0001

 Surgery

3.0(2.0-3.7)

2.9(1.2)

 

 Medicine

2.7(2.0-3.3)

2.7(1.2)

 

 Auxiliary

3.3(2.7-4.0)

3.3(1.2)

 

 Anaesthesiology

3.7(3.0-4.0)

3.6(1.1)

 

4. Teamwork

4.0(3.5-4.5)

3.9(0.7)

P<0.0001

 Surgery

4.0(3.8-4.5)

4.0(0.7)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.5-4.5)

3.9(0.7)

 

 Auxiliary

3.7(3.3-4.3)

4.0(0.7)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.3(4.0-5.0)

4.4(0.6)

 

5. Peer collaboration

4.3(4.0-5.0)

4.3(0.7)

P=0.0672

 Surgery

4.3(4.0-4.7)

4.2(0.7)

 

 Medicine

4.3(4.0-5.0)

4.4(0.6)

 

 Auxiliary

4.7(4.0-5.0)

4.4(0.7)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.5-4.7)

4.0(0.9)

 

6. Professional relationship between supervisors

4.0(3.3-4.5)

3.8(0.9)

P=0.0001

 Surgery

4.0(3.7-4.5)

4.0(0.8)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.3-4.7)

3.9(0.8)

 

 Auxiliary

3.3(2.7-4.0)

3.3(1.1)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(4.0-5.0)

4.1(0.8)

 

7. Work adapted to trainee skill level

3.8(3.3-4.3)

3.8(0.8)

P=0.0225

 Surgery

3.8(3.0-4.3)

3.7(0.8)

 

 Medicine

3.8(3.0-4.3)

3.7(0.8)

 

 Auxiliary

4.0(3.3-4.3)

3.9(0.7)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.8-4.5)

4.1(0.6)

 

8. Role of supervisors

4.0(3.5-4.6)

4.0(0.7)

P=0.3307

 Surgery

4.1(3.7-4.6)

4.1(0.7)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.5-4.5)

3.9(0.7)

 

 Auxiliary

4.0(3.5-4.6)

3.9(0.8)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.8-4.6)

4.1(0.6)

 

9. Formal education

4.0(3.5-4.5)

4.0(0.8)

P=0.2525

 Surgery

4.0(3.5-4.4)

3.9(0.8)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.8-4.8)

4.1(0.7)

 

 Auxiliary

4.0(3.3-4.5)

3.8(0.9)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.5-4.8)

4.0(0.9)

 

10. Role of programme director

4.0(3.5-4.5)

4.0(0.7)

P=0.3606

 Surgery

4.0(3.7-4.7)

4.1(0.7)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.5-4.4)

3.9(0.7)

 

 Auxiliary

3.8(3.3-4.7)

3.9(0.8)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.5-4.5)

4.0(0.7)

 

11. Patient sign-out

4.0(3.5-4.5)

4.0(0.7)

P=0.7115

 Surgery

4.0(3.5-4.5)

4.0(0.7)

 

 Medicine

4.0(3.8-4.8)

4.1(0.7)

 

 Auxiliary

4.0(3.5-4.6)

4.0(0.8)

 

 Anaesthesiology

4.0(3.5-5.0)

4.1(0.8)

 
  1. aMedian of subscale mean scores
  2. 2Kruskal-Wallis test; P<0.05 indicates statistical difference in four specialty groups overall