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Table 5 Global satisfaction and quality of clinical competency training as perceived by trainees, and clinical disciplines in German and Swiss hospitals

From: The subjectively perceived quality of postgraduate medical training in integrative medicine within the public healthcare systems of Germany and Switzerland: the example of anthroposophic hospitals

Clinical disciplines

CON in German hospitals

AM in German hospitals

CON in Swiss hospitals

AM in Swiss hospitals

U-valuea, p-valueb

U-valuea, p-valuec

U-valued, p-valuee

U-valued, p-valuef

Global Satisfaction g

    

Anesthesiology

2,13 ± 0,72 (4)

3,08 ± 1,01 (3)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Surgery

2,85 ± 1,78 (5)

3,35 ± 1,75 (5)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Gynecology & Obstetrics

1,77 ± 0,52 (13)

2,48 ± 1,05 (13)

3,17 ± 2,47 (3)

1,63 ± 0,18 (2)

-1,97; <0,05

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Internal Medicine

3,23 ± 1,47 (33)

2,94 ± 1,39 (33)

2,25 ± 1,47 (12)

2,0 ± 0,99 (10)

-1,85; n.s.

-1,37; n.s.

-2,10; <0,05

-1,91; n.s.

Pediatrics

3,41 ± 1,06 (11)

3,57 ± 1,18 (11)

n.a.

n.a.

-0,72; n.s.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

2,60 ± 1,52 (15)

2,64 ± 1,37 (16)

n.a.

n.a.

-0,25; n.s.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other disciplines

1,61 ± 0,5 (7)

2,89 ± 0,83 (7)

3,13 ± 0,97 (4)

3,25 ± 0,9 (3)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

All disciplines

2,73 ± 1,39 (88)

2,92 ± 1,29 (88)

2,58 ± 1,53 (19)

2,2 ± 1,03 (15)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Clinical Competencies g

    

Anesthesiology

2,31 ± 0,65 (4)

4,0 ± 0,94 (3)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Surgery

2,81 ± 0,77 (5)

3,73 ± 1,81 (5)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Gynecology & Obstetrics

2,14 ± 0,44 (13)

3,09 ± 0,98 (13)

2,59 ± 0,94 (3)

1,72 ± 0,39 (2)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Internal Medicine

2,81 ± 0,95 (33)

3,05 ± 1,08 (33)

1,91 ± 0,78 (12)

2,14 ± 0,78 (10)

n.a.

n.a.

-2,95; <0,01

-2,46; <0,05

Pediatrics

2,72 ± 0,5 (11)

3,47 ± 0,78 (11)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

2,54 ± 0,78 (15)

2,63 ± 1,27 (16)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other disciplines

2,07 ± 0,21 (7)

3,44 ± 1,12 (5)

2,58 ± 1,07 (4)

3,35 ± 0,94 (4)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

All disciplines

2,57 ± 0,78 (88)

3,13 ± 1,13 (86)

2,16 ± 0,88 (19)

2,39 ± 0,95 (16)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  1. a2-tailed Wilcoxon Matched-Pair test for dependent variables.
  2. bComparison of CON and AM in German hospitals.
  3. cComparison of CON and AM in Swiss hospitals.
  4. d2-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test for independent variables.
  5. eComparison of CON in German hospitals and CON in Swiss hospitals.
  6. fComparison of AM in German hospitals and AM in Swiss hospitals.
  7. gMean ± standard deviation (valid numbers of trainees), n.a. = not applicable; n.s. = not significant; CON = conventional medicine; AM = anthroposophic medicine.
  8. Other disciplines = Family Medicine in Switzerland; Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology in Germany.
  9. 1 indicates the highest, 6 the lowest possible degree of perceived satisfaction or quality.