Examiner effect on the objective structured clinical exam – a study at five medical schools

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Correlations between the mean scores of examiners with different levels of clinical experience (physiotherapists, licensed doctors without clinical experience, residents in general surgery/orthopaedic surgery, and specialist in general surgery/orthopaedic surgery) for part A and B of the shoulder/knee examinations at different sites (S)

	Part A		Part B
	Correlation (Kendall-Tau-b coefficients)	p values	Correlation (Kendall-Tau-b coefficients)	p values
S1	0.129	0.002	−0.127	0.003
S2	-0.208	<0.001	−0.034	ns
S3	0.15	0.003	-	-
S5	0.293	0.001	−0.299	0.001

Differences were considered significant if p < 0.05; “ns” means non-significant. Correlations are expressed as Kendall-Tau-b coefficients

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