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Table 1 Characteristics of responders and nonresponders to the 2015 association of program directors in internal medicine national survey (N = 368)

From: E-learning in graduate medical education: survey of residency program directors

 

Groupa

 

Program Characteristic

Responders

(n = 214)

Nonresponders

(n = 154)

P Value

PD tenure, y

7.1 (6.6)

7.2 (6.4)

.92b

Program type

  

.12c

 Community-based, university-affiliated

105 (49.1)

85 (55.2)

 

 University-based

85 (39.7)

44 (28.6)

 

 Community-based

20 (9.4)

20 (13.0)

 

 Military-based

4 (1.9)

5 (3.3)

 

Region

  

.07c

 Northeast

80 (37.4)

45 (29.2)

 

 South

54 (25.2)

47 (30.5)

 

 Midwest

45 (21.9)

40 (26.0)

 

 West

35 (16.4)

19 (12.3)

 

 Other

0 (0.0)

3 (2.0)

 

Program size, approved positions

68.9 (40.2)

64.9 (37.9)

.33b

ABIM certification examination program pass rate (2012–2014), %

87.0 (8.0)

85.4 (9.1)

.09b

  1. Abbreviations: ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine, PD program director
  2. a Values are mean (SD) or No. of programs (%)
  3. b Welch t test
  4. c Fisher exact test