MGH/McLean PSTP — Self-Assessment Trends

REDCap export · March 30 2026 · N=26 residents with SA data (52 instances) · PGY1–4 · 1=very unconfident, 5=very confident

Domain Scores by PGY Year (Cross-Sectional, Mean ± SEM)

All seven competency domains — cross-sectional means by training year

PGY1: n=11 · PGY2: n=16 · PGY3: n=15 · PGY4: n=10. Spearman r and p-value shown for linear trend. Shaded bands = ±SEM.

Scientific Knowledge (r=+0.17) Systems-Based Practice* (r=+0.35, p=.011) Practice-Based Learning (r=+0.05) Professionalism (r=+0.01) Communication (r=+0.19) Funding** (r=+0.39, p=.005) DEI (r=+0.03)

* p=.011 · ** p=.005 · Significance based on Spearman rank correlation across all instances

Grant Writing Competencies — The Growth Domain

Six grant writing items — cross-sectional means by PGY year

All six items show significant positive trends (Spearman r range +0.27 to +0.44). Dotted line at 4.0 = "somewhat confident" threshold.

Find funding sources (r=+0.39, p=.004) NIH Biosketch (r=+0.44, p=.001) Specific Aims (r=+0.34, p=.013) Research Plan (r=+0.27, p=.052) Career Dev. section (r=+0.33, p=.017) Compelling story (r=+0.28, p=.048)

Selected Individual Items — Cross-Sectional Trends

Physician-scientist career knowledge

Strongest cross-sectional trend · r=+0.48, p<.001

Authorship and resource negotiation

Notable PGY1→PGY2 jump · r=+0.31, p=.028

Chronically low: time management

Lowest professionalism item · r=+0.08, p=.572 · No improvement

Personal wellbeing

Declining trend by PGY4 · r=−0.13, p=.362

Within-Resident Longitudinal Change (N=15 residents with ≥2 time points)

Mean change from first to last observation — individual items

One-sample t-test vs. 0. Green = p<.05, gray = not significant. Error bars = ±SEM. Scale: −2 to +2.

Item

← Decrease Increase →

p-value

Within-Resident Domain Change

Domain score change from first to last observation (N=15)

One-sample t-test vs. 0. All domains show positive change; Funding and Systems-Based Practice reach significance.

Mentor Satisfaction Distribution

Mentor satisfaction histogram (0–100 scale)

All current resident instances with satisfaction data · N=118 · Mean=87.6, Median=91.0

Primary mentor establishment and meeting frequency by PGY year

% with primary mentor (bars) · Meeting frequency ordinal mean (line, right axis)