Table 1
Summary of intern and supervising physician survey responses before and after the duty hour standards (DHS) change
|
Intern survey questions regarding regular CC day |
Group A, pre-DHS changes 2011 N = 25 |
Group B, post-DHS changes 2012 N = 26 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comfortable discussing patients with supervising physicians |
5 (4, 5) |
5 (4, 5) |
0.28 |
|
Teamwork with co-residents |
2 (2, 4) |
2 (1, 3) |
0.27 |
|
Supervising physicians understand my educational needs |
5 (4, 5) |
4 (4, 5) |
0.06 |
|
Supervising physicians provide me with sufficient feedback |
4 (4, 5) |
4 (3, 4) |
0.09 |
|
Supervising physician survey questions regarding regular CC day |
Pre-DHS changes 2011 N = 14** |
Post-DHS changes 2012 N = 14** |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comfortable providing feedback |
5 (4, 5) |
4 (4, 5) |
0.73 |
|
Understand the learning needs of interns |
4 (3, 5) |
4 (4, 4) |
1.0 |
|
Interns are comfortable approaching me about patient care issues |
4 (4, 5) |
4 (4, 5) |
0.31 |
|
Interns are comfortable approaching me about educational needs |
4 (3, 5) |
4 (3, 4) |
0.69 |
|
Supervising physician survey questions on differences between regular and alternative day CC days |
Pre-DHS changes 2011 N = 14** |
Post-DHS changes 2012 N = 14** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Survey questions |
Regular day |
ADC |
p value |
Regular day |
ADC |
p value |
|
Comfortable providing feedback |
5 (4, 5) |
3 (3, 4) |
<0.01 |
4 (4, 5) |
4 (3, 4) |
0.03 |
|
Understand the learning need of interns |
4 (3, 5) |
3 (2, 3) |
0.02 |
4 (4, 4) |
3 (2, 4) |
0.02 |
Data presented as median (25th percentile, 75th percentile) with Likert responses coded as 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree
Difference (Diff) = Regular continuity clinic (CC) day minus alternative CC day Likert response
** One supervising physician did not complete all survey questions