Medicine residents' understanding of the biostatistics and results in the medical literature.

摘要: degrees(50.0%[95%CI,44.5%-55.5%]vs40.1%[95%CI,38.3%-42.0%];P.001); prior biostatistics training (45.2% [95% CI, 42.7%-47.8%] vs 37.9% 35.4%40.3%]; P=.001); enrollment in a university-based program (43.0% 41.0%-45.1%] 36.3% 32.6%-40.0%];P=.002); and male sex (44.0% 41.4%-46.7%] 38.8% 36.4%-41.1%]; P=.004). On individual knowledge questions, 81.6% correctly interpreted relative risk. Residents were less likely to know how interpret an adjusted odds ratio from multivariate regression analysis (37.4%) or the results of Kaplan-Meier (10.5%). Seventy-five percent indicated they did not understand all statistics encountered journal articles, but 95% felt it was important these concepts be intelligent reader literature. Conclusions Most residents this study lacked needed many published clinical research. Residency programs should include more effective their curricula successfully prepare for lifelong learning skill.