Entrustable professional activities for pediatric and subspecialties residency training in China

Zhang, Yun; Zhang, Aijun; Jiao, Xiaoyu; Zhao, Dongxiu; Zhang, Yuankai; Yue, Tong; Yang, Ke; Zhao, Cuifen

doi:10.1186/s12909-025-07231-6

BMC Medical Education

Table 6 Generalized estimated equation analysis of director-assessment questionnaires

From: Entrustable professional activities for pediatric and subspecialties residency training in China

EPAs	Factor	Tests Of Model Effects		Parameter	B	95% Wald Confidence Interval			Hypothesis Test
EPAs	Factor	Ward Chi-Square	P-value	Parameter	B	Lower	Upper	Wald Chi-Square	P-value
EPA1	PGY	14.066	*0.001*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.920	0.425	1.414	5.424	*0.020*
				PGY3	1.195	0.189	2.202	13.294	*0.000*
	Gender	3.079	0.079	Female	0^a
	Gender	3.079	0.079	Male	0.329	-0.038	0.696	3.079	0.079
	Position	5.341	0.148	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.182	-0.397	0.761	0.761	0.378
				Social training residents	-0.304	-0.966	0.359	0.806	0.369
				Permanent staff	-0.086	-0.833	0.660	0.051	0.821
EPA2	PGY	9.183	*0.010*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.711	0.033	1.390	4.221	*0.040*
				PGY3	0.552	-1.148	2.253	0.405	0.524
	Gender	1.825	0.177	Female	0^a
	Gender	1.825	0.177	Male	0.421	-0.190	1.033	0.992	0.177
	Position	2.279	0.517	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.473	-0.458	1.405	0.992	0.319
				Social training residents	0.058	-0.910	1.026	0.014	0.907
				Permanent staff	0.578	-0.823	1.980	0.654	0.419
EPA3	PGY	19.936	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.732	0.392	1.072	17.811	*0.000*
				PGY3	0.913	0.450	1.376	14.964	*0.000*
	Gender	0.001	0.979	Male	0^a
	Gender	0.001	0.979	Female	-0.005	-0.397	0.387	0.001	0.979
	Position	6.792	0.079	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.246	-0.092	0.584	2.038	0.153
				Social training residents	-0.068	-0.535	0.398	0.082	0.775
				Permanent staff	0.467	0.051	0.884	4.848	*0.028*
EPA4	PGY	14.689	*0.001*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.651	0.280	1.022	11.841	*0.001*
				PGY3	0.776	0.350	1.202	12.767	*0.000*
	Gender	0.680	0.410	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.680	0.410	Male	-0.211	-0.586	0.164	1.219	0.270
	Position	3.271	0.352	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.277	-0.054	0.608	2.683	0.101
				Social training residents	0.238	-0.218	0.694	1.045	0.307
				Permanent staff	0.341	-0.133	0.814	1.989	0.158
EPA5	PGY	5.421	0.066	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.314	-0.602	1.230	0.452	0.501
				PGY3	0.756	0.117	1.396	5.370	*0.020*
	Gender	0.237	0.626	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.237	0.626	Male	-0.571	-2.870	1.728	0.237	0.626
	Position	0.187	0.980	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	-0.001	-1.099	1.097	0.000	0.999
				Social training residents	-0.008	-0.478	0.461	0.461	*0.001*
				Permanent staff	0.154	-0.661	0.968	0.968	0.137
EPA6	PGY	20.678	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	1.079	0.111	2.046	4.776	*0.029*
				PGY3	0.813	0.450	1.177	19.224	*0.000*
	Gender	0.803	0.370	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.803	0.370	Male	1.203	-1.429	3.834	0.803	0.370
	Position	1.239	0.744	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.662	-0.580	1.903	1.092	0.296
				Social training residents	0.047	-0.415	0.508	0.040	0.842
				Permanent staff	0.312	-0.367	0.991	0.809	0.368
EPA7	PGY	4.113	0.128	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.596	0.015	1.177	4.049	*0.044*
				PGY3	0.647	-0.224	1.519	2.122	0.145
	Gender	0.092	0.761	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.092	0.761	Male	0.171	-0.934	1.277	1.858	0.173
	Position	1.626	0.654	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.409	-0.296	1.113	1.292	0.256
				Social training residents	0.037	-0.501	0.574	0.018	0.894
				Permanent staff	0.269	-0.384	0.922	0.653	0.419
EPA8	PGY	34.619	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.668	0.655	1.313	18.042	*0.000*
				PGY3	0.984	0.360	0.977	34.378	*0.000*
	Gender	5.978	*0.014*	Female	0^a
	Gender	5.978	*0.014*	Male	0.271	0.054	0.488	5.978	*0.014*
	Position	6.891	0.075	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.286	0.027	0.545	4.676	*0.031*
				Social training residents	0.234	-0.762	0.035	0.704	0.401
				Permanent staff	0.186	-0.330	0.701	0.499	0.480
EPA9	PGY	41.883	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.846	0.468	1.224	19.211	*0.000*
				PGY3	1.014	0.701	1.327	40.338	*0.000*
	Gender	0.218	0.641	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.218	0.641	Male	0.185	-0.591	0.960	0.218	0.641
	Position	1.758	0.624	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.144	-0.276	0.564	0.564	0.451
				Social training residents	-0.204	-0.717	0.309	0.607	0.436
				Permanent staff	-0.069	-0.377	0.239	0.191	0.662
EPA10	PGY	16.163	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.578	0.242	0.915	11.348	*0.001*
				PGY3	0.689	0.352	1.027	16.039	*0.000*
	Gender	5.163	*0.023*	Female	0^a
	Gender	5.163	*0.023*	Male	0.343	0.047	0.640	5.163	*0.023*
	Position	13.772	*0.003*	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.426	0.176	0.676	11.128	*0.001*
				Social training residents	0.113	-0.167	0.393	0.627	0.428
				Permanent staff	0.500	0.017	0.987	4.123	*0.042*
EPA11	PGY	32.099	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.813	0.432	1.193	17.528	*0.000*
				PGY3	1.043	0.675	1.410	30.923	*0.000*
	Gender	0.036	0.849	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.036	0.849	Male	0.065	-0.608	0.739	0.036	0.849
	Position	2.255	0.521	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.281	-0.112	0.675	1.967	0.161
				Social training residents	-0.064	-0.605	0.477	0.054	0.816
				Permanent staff	0.157	-0.180	0.494	0.936	0.361
EPA12	PGY	10.033	*0.007*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.355	-0.278	0.988	1.207	0.272
				PGY3	0.645	0.246	1.045	10.032	*0.002*
	Gender	0.190	0.663	Female	0^a
	Gender	0.190	0.663	Male	-0.349	-1.915	1.218	0.190	0.663
	Position	1.346	0.718	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.103	-0.656	0.863	0.071	0.790
				Social training residents	0.153	-0.180	0.487	0.811	0.368
				Permanent staff	0.027	-0.288	0.343	0.028	0.866
EPA13	PGY	16.484	*0.005*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.612	0.277	0.947	12.814	*0.000*
				PGY3	0.718	0.366	1.070	15.960	*0.000*
	Gender	4.409	*0.036*	Female	0^a
	Gender	4.409	*0.036*	Male	0.337	0.022	0.652	4.409	*0.036*
	Position	18.602	*0.000*	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.321	0.073	0.569	6.418	*0.010*
				Social training residents	-0.030	-0.517	0.457	0.015	0.903
				Permanent staff	0.411	0.209	0.612	15.964	*0.000*
EPA14	PGY	20.351	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.900	0.470	1.331	16.797	*0.000*
				PGY3	0.693	0.340	1.045	14.857	*0.000*
	Gender	6.566	*0.010*	Female	0^a
	Gender	6.566	*0.010*	Male	1.040	0.245	1.836	6.566	*0.010*
	Position	16.719	*0.001*	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.622	0.203	1.042	8.461	*0.004*
				Social training residents	-0.112	-0.397	0.173	0.590	0.443
				Permanent staff	0.576	0.143	1.009	6.786	*0.009*
EPA15	PGY	26.290	*0.000*	PGY1	0^a
				PGY2	0.913	0.514	1.312	20.101	*0.000*
				PGY3	0.850	0.516	1.184	24.871	*0.000*
	Gender	3.170	0.075	Female	0^a
	Gender	3.170	0.075	Male	0.567	-0.057	1.192	3.170	0.075
	Position	4.930	0.177	Professional master	0^a
				Entrusted training residents	0.315	-0.047	0.677	2.910	0.088
				Social training residents	-0.208	-0.598	0.182	1.091	0.296
				Permanent staff	0.095	-0.234	0.425	0.322	0.570

^aSet to zero because this parameter is redundant

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