Table 1. Item and participant frequencies, scale internal consistency estimates, and zero order correlations.
| Year |
NMSK sports items |
Alpha NMSK |
General FM items |
Alpha General family |
N
Fellows |
N Non-fellows |
Correlation of NMSK score and fellowship |
| 1998 |
13 |
.48 |
173 |
.80 |
1 710 |
8 896 |
.07 |
| 1999 |
14 |
.15 |
151 |
.74 |
1 687 |
8 828 |
.03 |
| 2000 |
12 |
.27 |
184 |
.79 |
1 661 |
8 715 |
-.01 |
| 2001 |
3 |
.13 |
180 |
.82 |
1 649 |
8 525 |
.03 |
| 2003 |
2 |
.05 |
199 |
.81 |
1 631 |
8 200 |
.03 |
NMSK = non-musculoskeletal; FM= Family Medicine; N = number of participants; 2002 data were not used because there were no NMSK items in the exam; Fellowship was score 1 = fellowship, 0 = no fellowship.
