Fatores associados à aprovação na prova de título de especialista em Ortopedia, Brasil 2017

Abstract

Objectives: evaluate factors associated to approval on the TEOT test. Method: observational, comparative study made through self-administered questionnaire containing sociodemographic, behavioral and associated to the medical residency questions applied to Orthopedics and Traumatology residentes at the Brazilian Congress from this Society in 2016, at Belo Horizonte and who took the test to get the Tittle of Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology (in Portuguese, TEOT). Results: 190 residents who were attending the Brazilian Congress took the TEOT: 169 were approved and 21 failed. For each one of the 21 residents, three control residents (who failed the test) were randomly selected, resulting in 94 volunteers. The factors which were associated to succeeding the test were: being disciplined when it concerns to studying (p=0,001) and mastering English (p=0,006). Conclusions: those residents who were more disciplined and who mastered English had better chances of succeeding at TEOT test. None of the evaluated sociodemographic factors were associated to being approved on the test.