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Table 1 Quantitative data on resident numbers, CanMEDS roles associated with residents in difficulty, learning interventions, learner outcomes and financial resources

From: Incorporating a situational judgement test in residency selections: clinical, educational and organizational outcomes

Area

Pre-Casper

Post-Casper

Change

Comments; p value

CanMEDS roles requiring intervention

 Role

Pre-Casper

Post-Casper

Change

 

  Medical expert

16/16

12/15

20% ↓

ns

  Professional

12/16

6/15

35% ↓

P < 0.05

  Collaborator

5/16

1/15

24% ↓

ns

  Leader/Manager

6/16

3/15

18% ↓

ns

  Scholar

5/16

2/15

18% ↓

ns

  Health Advocate

1/16

1/15

Similar (1%↑)

ns

  Communicator

8/16

8/15

Similar (3%↑)

ns

Learning Interventions

 Enhanced learning plans

3

11

 

P < 0.05

 Remediations/Probations

15

5

 

P < 0.05

 Total number of interventions*

18

16

 

ns

Unfavorable learner outcomes

 Terminations and Appeals**

Terminations = 3

Appeals = 3

Terminations = 0

Appeals = 0

 

P < 0.05

Financial Resources required

 Costs (excluding legal costs)

Hundreds of thousands

Tens of thousands

96% ↓

Excludes legal costs

  1. ↓ decrease; ↑ increase
  2. *The number of learning interventions is higher than the number of learners in difficulty as some learners required more than one intervention
  3. **The decisions and the initial appeals occurred within the three year follow-up period, however, the final decisions after all appeals and legal processes were exhausted took longer than three years and were outside of the study period