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Supplemental Digital Appendix 1: Physician Identification survey . . . . . 1-4 Supplemental Digital Appendix 2: Regression Results . . . . . . 5
PHYSICIAN IDENTIFICATION SURVEY
Many physicians have been misidentified at work or addressed in ways that are less than professional. We are trying to understand the frequency of which these encounters happen
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SECTION ONE: DEMOGRAPHICS 1. What is your gender?
o Man o Woman
o Prefer not to answer o Other: (text only) 2. What is your age (in years)?
o < 25 o 25-28 o 29-32 o 33-36 o > 36
3. What is your primary specialty?
o Internal Medicine o Emergency Medicine o Surgery
o Other: (text only)
4. What is your role as a physician?
o Intern o Resident o Fellow o Attending
5. [SKIP LOGIC APPLIED] What is your level of training?
o PGY-1 o PGY-2 o PGY-3 o PGY-4 o PGY-5
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o PGY-7 o PGY-8
o Other: (text only)
6. What is your race/ethnicity (choose all that apply)?
o Black o White o East Asian o South Asian o Hispanic
o Other: (text only) 7. What is your height?
o Under 5’
o 5’1” – 5’4”
o 5’5” – 5’8”
o 5’9” – 6’0”
o > 6’0”
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SECTION TWO: FREQUENCY OF ROLE MISIDENTIFICATION Think back to your last wards/inpatient rotation:
1. How long was this rotation (in weeks)?
o 1 o 2 o 3 o 4 o 5 o >5
2. How many times did the following situations happen during that rotation?
Never 1-2 3-5 6-10 11-15 > 15 A patient or family member identified you
as someone other than a physician A hospital employee identified you as someone other than a physician
A hospital employee referred to you by a term of endearment (i.e.“honey,”
“sweetheart”)
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by your first name instead of your last name without your permission to be addressed as such
A hospital employee commented on your voice or appearance
A patient told you that he/she has not seen their physician that day
3. When you were misidentified as someone other than a physician, how frequently were you identified as each of the following: (Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Frequently, Always)
o Nurse o Student
o Other clinical staff (ex: PT/OT, social work, pharmacist) o Nonclinical staff (ex: food services, environmental services)
4. [SKIP LOGIC APPLIED] When you were misidentified as a nurse or non-clinical staff, how often were you wearing the following:
[Likert Scale available for each option: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Frequently, Always]
o Professional clothes, white coat o Professional clothes, no white coat o Scrubs, white coat
o Scrubs, no white coat o Badge
o Stethoscope
5. How do you primarily introduce yourself to patients? (Pick only one option below) o Doctor (your name)
o First name only
o First and last name only o Other: (text only)
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SECTION THREE: RESPONSE TO MISIDENTIFICATION [SKIP LOGIC APPLIED]
Please rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. “When I am identified as someone other than a physician…”
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“When I am identified as someone
other than a physician…” Strongly
Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree
Agree Strongly agree I feel annoyed
I feel angry
I feel less satisfied with my job It negatively affects my relationship with the patient or family member who misidentified me
2. In general…
“In general…” Strongly
Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree I think that my decisions are more
often questioned by nurses because of my gender
I think that my decisions are more often questioned by patients because of my gender
Please rate the extent to which you agree with the following:
3. Because of misidentification, I have changed the way I dress (ex: I wear my white coat more frequently) o Agree
How? (text only) o Disagree
4. Because of misidentification, I have changed the way I introduce myself to patients and family members (ex: I always use the title ‘Dr.’ and my last name instead of my first name)
o Agree
How? (text only) o Disagree
5. How often do you correct a staff member when they identify you as someone other than a physician?
o Never o Rarely o Sometimes o Frequently o Always
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o Never o Rarely o Sometimes o Frequently o Always
Supplemental Digital Appendix 2: Regression Results
Misidentification BY PATIENT (sd = 1.83)
Co-efficient Estimated Standard Error T-value P-value
Intercept 0.16 0.21 0.80 0.43
Women
Baseline Men 2.88 0.19 15.24 < .001
Nonwhite
Baseline White 0.35 0.23 1.50 0.13
EM Baseline IM 0.40 0.18 2.18 0.03
GS Baseline IM 0.27 0.27 0.98 0.33
Misidentification BY STAFF
(sd = 1.50)
Co-efficient Estimated Standard Error T-value P-value
Intercept 0.27 0.20 1.34 0.18
Women
Baseline Men 1.47 0.21 7.08 < .001
Nonwhite
Baseline White 0.08 0.24 0.31 0.76
EM Baseline IM 0.06 0.21 0.29 0.77
GS Baseline IM 0.45 0.31 1.43 0.15
