Does how much a resident teaches impact performance? A comparison of preclinical teaching hours to pathology residents’ in-service examination scores

Figures & data

Figure 1 Scatterplot depicting residents’ average annual teaching hours versus mean overall RISE percentile.

Abbreviation: RISE, Resident In-Service Examination.

Figure 2 Residents’ average overall RISE percentile compared to admission USMLE step I scores.

Abbreviations: RISE, Resident In-Service Examination; USMLE, United States Medical Licensing Examination.

Figure 3 Average annual teaching hours as a function of admission USMLE step I score.

Abbreviation: USMLE, United States Medical Licensing Examination.

Figure 4 Linear regressions of scatterplots comparing overall RISE percentile to annual teaching hours by year of training (individual data points not shown).

Abbreviations: PGY, postgraduate year; RISE, Resident In-Service Examination.

Table 1 Change in overall RISE percentile per hour of preclinical didactic teaching by year in program with and without controlling for USMLE Step I performance

	N	Not controlled for step I score			Controlled for step I score
		Change in overall* RISE percentile per hour taught	Standard error	P-value	Change in overall* RISE percentile per hour taught	Standard error	P-value
PGY 1	19	−0.663	11.646	0.685	−0.695	1.497	0.648
PGY 2	18	0.721	1.203	0.557	0.258	1.027	0.845
PGY 3	14	1.453	1.023	0.179	0.446	1.018	0.669
PGY 4	16	2.952	0.768	0.002	1.792	0.831	0.049

Note:

* Expressed as absolute change in percentile score per hour taught.

Abbreviations: PGY, postgraduate year; RISE, Resident In-Service Examination; USMLE, United States Medical Licensing Examination.