Table 1.

Relationship between residents’ mean ITE score and the number of patient visits

NO. OF PATIENT VISITSNO. OF RESIDENTSMEAN (SD) ITE SCORE
1051–11501166.5 (4.2)
1151–12501069.8 (5.6)
1251–1350877.0 (3.8)*
  • ITE—in-training examination.

  • * Pair-wise t test suggests residents with 1251 to 1350 patient visits have significantly higher ITE scores than residents with fewer visits do (P = .0003).