Table 2 Concordance of experts in their assessment scores of letters to patients written by 4 th year students in 2011
From: Writing letters to patients as an educational tool for medical students
Evaluation category | Score (mean ± SD)* (N = 363) | Concordance† | Difference‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expert 1 | Expert 2 | Expert 3 | W (P) | χ 2(P) | |
Adequacy and clarity of description of disease/state | 3.87 ± 1.04 | 2.80 ± 0.71 | 4.06 ± 0.91 | 0.490 (<0.001) | 19.070 (0.006) |
Knowledge | 3.87 ± 1.05 | 2.95 ± 0.76 | 4.45 ± 0.88 | 0.547 (<0.001) | 25.009 (0.003) |
Adequacy of recommendations | 3.48 ± 1.18 | 2.74 ± 0.76 | 2.75 ± 1.26 | 0.576 (<0.001) | 24.662 (0.017) |
Courtesy and respect | 4.15 ± 0.95 | 3.87 ± 0.48 | 4.75 ± 0.52 | 0.456 (<0.001) | 7.286 (0.023) |
Language and style | 3.87 ± 1.07 | 3.69 ± 0.57 | 4.48 ± 0.68 | 0.473 (<0.001) | 2.823 (0.361) |
Total score | 19.25 ± 4.85 | 16.06 ± 2.51 | 20.50 ± 3.01 | 0.582(<0.001) | 263.064 (0.020) |