Table 1.

Effect of year of training and related experience on mean scores for competency areas on the FM-MAP test

COMPETENCY AREAMEAN (SD) SCORE BY YEAR OF TRAININGMEAN (SD) SCORE BY EXPER IENCE IN RELATED ROTATION
FIRSTSECOND< 1 MO1 MO
Behavioural medicine80.1 (11.1)78.1 (12.1)NA*NA*
Care of children and adolescents59.1 (8.1)60.1 (8.1)58.9 (8.0)61.1 (8.2)
Care of the elderly79.1 (9.1)79.1 (9.1)79.5 (9.3)79.1 (7.0)
Emergency medicine69.1 (9.1)72.1 (9.1)70.0 (8.6)71.8 (9.3)
End-of-life care75.1 (7.1)75.1 (8.1)74.8 (7.5)79.1 (7.6)
Family medicine89.1 (7.1)89.1 (8.1)NA*NA*
In-hospital care69.1 (15.1)71.1 (14.1)68.9 (15.2)71.1 (13.8)
Maternity care84.1 (9.1)87.1 (8.1)§83.5 (9.0)81.1 (7.7)§
Mental health care79.1 (9.1)81.1 (8.1)79.8 (8.8)80.8 (5.9)
Musculoskeletal medicine64.1 (11.1)65.1 (12.1)NA*NA*
Surgical skills79.1 (12.1)82.1 (13.1)80.1 (12.7)83.1 (11.7)
Women’s health80.1 (10.1)83.1 (9.1)81.1 (9.8)82.2 (6.8)
  • FM-MAP—Family Medicine Mandatory Assessment of Progress, NA—not applicable.

  • * There were 3 competency areas that could not be linked to a single rotation for experiential analysis.

  • Effect is significant (P < .05).

  • Effect is significant (P < .01).

  • § Effect is significant (P < .001).