Radiology residency training in China: results from the first retrospective nationwide survey

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Table 3 Descriptive analysis of the percent of respondents who reported a training task as “very frequent”

ACGME	Residency training task	Total (%)	Region				p value
Six core competencies	Residency training task	Total (%)	East (%)	Central (%)	West (%)	Northeast (%)	p value
Patient care and technical skills	CT interpretation & reporting	92	92	90	93	97	0.146
	MR interpretation & reporting	84	82	87	83	90	0.062
	Radiograph interpretation & reporting	80	80	77	84	79	0.326
	Reporting for emergency department	74	69	76	82	79	< 0.001
	Radiological examination consultation	63	62	67	64	63	0.558
	Radiological examination recommendation	60	55	61	64	70	0.003
	Barium X-rays	47	44	55	49	48	0.043
	First-line night shift	45	39	47	54	54	< 0.001
	Interventional procedures	27	24	25	31	33	0.035
Medical knowledge	Morning case conference	83	88	78	78	82	< 0.001
	Challenging cases discussion	76	77	72	72	82	0.076
	Film-reading interactive lectures	69	69	69	64	79	0.019
	CT image Processing	66	63	73	66	73	0.024
	Didactic lectures	66	65	65	61	80	0.001
Systems-based practice	Pathology follow-up	62	58	63	66	65	0.131
	Report quality control	60	56	61	63	72	0.007
	Radiation safety	54	48	57	59	61	0.003
	Management of contrast media reactions	34	33	29	37	43	0.029
Interpersonal and communication skills	Clinical communication	63	59	65	67	72	0.011
Interpersonal and communication skills	Supervising & teaching medical students/junior residents	55	53	56	55	67	0.015
Practice-based learning and improvement	Literature study	50	51	48	44	58	0.071
Practice-based learning and improvement	Case report & paper writing	29	28	27	27	39	0.043
Professionalism	Group study & peer support	60	60	61	59	65	0.608
Professionalism	Team building	44	43	45	43	51	0.302

A task that was rated with a score of 4 or 5 was viewed as “very frequent.” p values were from Pearson's Chi-square tests. The four regions were defined by China’s National Bureau of Statistics based on the geographic location and economic status. The eastern region contains 10 highly developed coastal provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan. The central region includes 6 provinces, including Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan. The western region includes 12 less developed provinces and municipalities, including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. The northeastern region consists of 3 provinces, including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang
p values smaller than 0.05 are indicated using italic