Table 2

Characteristics of the total population surveyed and respondents to a questionnaire about speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related safety threats

CharacteristicRespondents*
n=837
Total surveyed
n=1800
p Value†
Gender
 Female412 (50%)806 (45%)0.003
 Male410 (50%)994 (55%)
Specialty0.001
 Internal medicine483 (58%)945 (52%)
 Surgery/surgical subspecialty‡354 (42%)855 (48%)
Postgraduate year (PGY)0.06
 Intern (PGY-1)249 (30%)600 (33%)
 Resident (PGY-2 or above)582 (70%)1200 (67%)
Study site0.007
 Institution A147 (18%)308 (17%)
 Institution B126 (15%)291 (16%)
 Institution A/B§80 (10%)132 (7%)
 Institution C128 (15%)254 (14%)
 Institution D169 (20%)345 (19%)
 Institution E94 (11%)194 (11%)
 Institution F93 (11%)276 (15%)
Self-reported formal training in patient safety
 No79 (10%)
 Yes748 (90%)
  • *Not all respondents answered every socio-demographic question. There were up to 15 (1.7%) missing responses for some items.

  • †p Value for χ2 goodness-of-fit test.

  • ‡Includes general surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, urology, and obstetrics and gynaecology.

  • §Interns and residents in combined residency programmes affiliated with both institutions A and B.