Table 2 Visa trainees who passed and did not pass the MCCQE2 and who obtained and did not obtain a specialty designation among a cohort of visa trainees who entered a specialty PGME program in 2005 or 2006 or a family medicine PGME program between 2005 and 2009
From: Credentialing and retention of visa trainees in post-graduate medical education programs in Canada
Variable | Passed MCCQE2 | Obtained specialty designation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | P value | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | P value | |
Country group of medical school | 0.095 | 0.007 | ||||
Western | 11 (12.0) | 26 (18.4) | 15 (14.0) | 22 (17.5) | ||
Asia | 13 (14.1) | 17 (12.1) | 12 (11.2) | 18 (14.3) | ||
The Caribbean and South America | 5 (5.4) | 16 (11.3) | 3 (2.8) | 18 (14.3) | ||
The Middle East and North Africa | 60 (65.2) | 71 (50.4) | 72 (67.3) | 59 (46.8) | ||
Other | 3 (3.3) | 11 (7.8) | 5 (4.7) | 9 (7.1) | ||
Gender | 0.365 | 0.018 | ||||
Female | 25 (27.2) | 31 (22.0) | 18 (16.8) | 38 (30.2) | ||
Male | 67 (72.8) | 110 (78.0) | 89 (83.2) | 88 (69.8) | ||
Age at the start of PGME | 0.154 | 0.000 | ||||
Under 30 | 35 (38.0) | 41 (29.1) | 51 (47.7) | 25 (19.8) | ||
30+ | 57 (62.0) | 100 (70.9) | 56 (52.3) | 101 (80.2) | ||
Years between MD and PGME | 0.086 | 0.001 | ||||
Recent graduate (5 or less) | 43 (46.7) | 50 (35.5) | 55 (51.4) | 38 (30.2) | ||
Older graduate (6+ years) | 49 (53.3) | 91 (64.5) | 52 (48.6) | 88 (69.8) | ||
Specialty type | 0.000 | 0.385 | ||||
Family medicine | 12 (13.0) | 2 (1.4) | 8 (7.5) | 6 (4.8) | ||
Other specialty | 80 (87.0) | 139 (98.6) | 99 (92.5) | 120 (95.2) | ||
PGME region | 0.992 | 0.804 | ||||
Ontario | 49 (53.3) | 75 (53.2) | 56 (52.3) | 68 (54.0) | ||
Other | 43 (46.7) | 66 (46.8) | 51 (47.7) | 58 (46.0) | ||
First rank | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||
Residents | 62 (67.4) | 50 (35.5) | 79 (73.8) | 33 (26.2) | ||
Fellows | 30 (32.6) | 91 (64.5) | 28 (26.2) | 93 (73.8) | ||