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Table 2 Research output and attitude towards research involvement during radiology training

From: Gender discrepancy in research activities during radiology residency

 

Women (n = 420)

Men (n = 438)

p value

Published thesis as medical student

99 (23.6)

120 (27.4)

0.2106

Doing research at the time of survey

186 (44.3)

260 (59.4)

< 0.0001*

Research output

 Presented at a poster at a conference

349 (83.1)

373 (85.2)

0.4081

  Presented a poster at a national conference

203 (48.3)

216 (49.3)

0.7738

  Presented a poster at an international conference

146 (34.8)

157 (35.8)

0.7402

 Presented a paper at a conference

141 (33.6)

195 (44.5)

0.001*

  Presented a paper at a national conference

81 (19.3)

110 (25%)

0.0403*

  Presented a paper at an international conference

60 (14.3)

85 (19.4)

0.0455*

 Published a scientific article in a journal

142 (33.8)

187 (42.7)

0.0075*

  Published an original article

117 (27.9)

176 (40.2)

0.0001*

  Published a review article

51 (12.1)

74 (16.9)

0.0487*

 Published case report or case series

122 (29.0)

135 (30.8)

0.5708

 Published an article as first author

133 (31.7)

154 (35.2)

0.2786

 Published thesis as medical student

99 (23.6)

120 (27.4)

0.1991

 No publications during residency

211 (50.2)

186 (42.5)

0.0225*

Family background in research/teaching

127 (30.2)

151 (34.5)

0.1852

Attitude towards research

 Improves clinical competency

251 (59.8)

269 (61.4)

0.6204

 May compromise clinical competency

67 (16.0)

77 (17.6)

0.5239

 Should be mandatory in training program

157 (37.4)

161 (36.8)

0.8503

 It is important only for academic career

72 (17.1)

121 (27.6)

0.0002*

Willingness to perform research fellowship abroad

326 (77.6)

336 (76.7)

0.7518

  1. Categorical variables are provided as numbers and percentages. * indicates the statistically significant p values