Table 2: Table 2: Association of factors on admission to residency with success on Short Answer Management Problems component* of the Certification in The College of Family Physicians examination

Factor	OR (95% CI)	p value
Univariate regression
Age	0.948 (0.918-0.979)	0.001
Female sex	2.068 (1.253-3.415)	0.004
Fluency in English	1.675 (1.015-2.765)	0.04
Human Development Index value	8.477 (1.202-59.777)	0.03
Previous internship	0.538 (0.306-0.946)	0.03
Previous residency	1.009 (0.579-1.757)	1.0
Previous professional experience	0.658 (0.378-1.145)	0.1
Research experience	0.820 (0.469-1.431)	0.5
Conference attendance	1.465 (0.609-3.523)	0.4
Publications	2.276 (1.068-4.853)	0.03
Teaching dossier	0.874 (0.308-2.474)	0.8
Multivariable regression
Age	0.940 (0.909-0.972)	< 0.001
Female sex	1.957 (1.150-3.332)	0.01
Fluency in English	2.136 (1.250-3.652)	0.01
Constant	31.164 (7.892-123.067)	< 0.001

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

*A total of 401/469 residents (85.5%) passed this portion of the examination.