Table 5 Residents’ perceptions of overall satisfaction with the Saudi Board Cardiac Surgery Residency Program
Satisfaction | Total | Level of training satisfaction | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Satisfied | Neutral | Dissatisfied | |||||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Are you happy with your current caseload? | |||||||||
Yes | 20 | 42.6% | 15 | 75.0% | 2 | 10.0% | 3 | 15.0% | .001* |
No, I would like to be involved in more cases | 27 | 57.4% | 5 | 18.5% | 9 | 33.3% | 13 | 48.1% | |
Is the number of residents in your department optimal? | |||||||||
Yes, it is optimal | 29 | 61.7% | 14 | 48.3% | 5 | 17.2% | 10 | 34.5% | .347$ |
No, it should be raised to ease the daily load | 3 | 6.4% | 2 | 66.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 33.3% | |
No, it should be lowered so each could operate more | 15 | 31.9% | 4 | 26.7% | 6 | 40.0% | 5 | 33.3% | |
How satisfied are you regarding the number of cardiac surgeries you are exposed to? | |||||||||
1 | 9 | 19.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 22.2% | 7 | 77.8% | .001* |
2 | 8 | 17.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 2 | 25.0% | 5 | 62.5% | |
3 | 11 | 23.4% | 3 | 27.3% | 5 | 45.5% | 3 | 27.3% | |
4 | 13 | 27.7% | 11 | 84.6% | 2 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% | |
5 | 6 | 12.8% | 5 | 83.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 16.7% | |
Do you think you'll be able to do surgeries on your own by the end of the residency? | |||||||||
Yes | 16 | 34.0% | 15 | 93.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 6.3% | .001*$ |
Partially | 21 | 44.7% | 5 | 23.8% | 8 | 38.1% | 8 | 38.1% | |
No | 10 | 21.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 30.0% | 7 | 70.0% | |