Research Article

Assessing Origins of Quality Gaps in Discharge Summaries: A Survey of Resident Physician Attitudes

Table 1

Baseline demographics of study population by training level.

Intern number (%)Resident number (%) value

Inpatient experience (months)
 Some but <3 months29 (76.3)0 (0)<0.001
 >3, <6 months6 (15.8)1 (2.4)
 ≥6 months, <12 months2 (5.3)11 (26.8)
 ≥12 months, but <18 months1 (2.6)17 (41.5)
 ≥18 months0 (0.0)12 (29.3)
Outpatient experience (weeks)
 <6 weeks35 (92.1)0 (0)<0.001
 ≥6, <12 weeks3 (7.9)2 (4.9)
 ≥12 weeks, <24 weeks0 (0)31 (75.6)
 ≥24 weeks0 (0)8 (19.5)