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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of resident physicians

From: Distribution of internal medicine rotations among resident physicians in Japan: a nationwide, multicenter, cross-sectional study

  

Total

PGY1

PGY2

 

n, (%)

n, (%)

n, (%)

 

1393 (100)

700 (100)

693 (100)

GM-ITE score (Mean, SD)

46.0 ± 8.2

45.1 ± 7.8

46.9 ± 8.5

Hospital type

   
 

Community Hospital

1068 (76.7)

524 (74.9)

544 (78.5)

 

University Hospital

318 (22.8)

173 (24.7)

145 (20.9)

Gender

   
 

Women

413 (29.6)

208 (29.7)

205 (29.6)

 

Men

980 (70.4)

492 (70.3)

488 (70.4)

Night shift per month

   
 

0

31 (2.2)

19 (2.7)

12 (1.7)

 

1–2

192 (13.8)

89 (12.7)

103 (14.9)

 

3–5

1023 (73.4)

518 (74.0)

505 (72.9)

 

≥ 6

129 (9.3)

66 (9.4)

63 (9.1)

 

Unknown

9 (0.6)

3 (0.4)

6 (0.9)

Average number of assigned inpatients

   
 

0–4

522 (37.5)

281 (40.1)

241 (34.8)

 

5–9

699 (50.2)

341 (48.7)

358 (51.7)

 

10–14

101 (7.3)

42 (6.0)

59 (8.5)

 

≥ 15

29 (2.1)

13 (1.9)

16 (2.3)

 

Unknown

34 (2.4)

17 (2.4)

17 (2.5)

Self-study time per day (minutes)

   
 

0

23 (1.7)

9 (1.3)

14 (2)

 

1–30

617 (44.3)

338 (48.3)

279 (40.3)

 

31–60

547 (39.3)

264 (37.7)

283 (40.8)

 

61–90

144 (10.3)

64 (9.1)

80 (11.5)

 

≥ 91

49 (3.5)

18 (2.6)

31 (4.5)

Duty-hour per week (hours)

   
 

Category 1 (< 60)

679 (48.7)

347 (49.6)

332 (47.9)

 

Category 2 (60–79)

501 (36.0)

265 (37.9)

236 (34.1)

 

Category 3 (≥ 80)

199 (14.3)

81 (11.6)

118 (17)

  1. GM-ITE: General Medicine In-Training Examination