Using ACGME milestones as a formative assessment for the internal medicine clerkship: a consecutive two-year outcome and follow-up after graduation

Table 3 The progress of seven subcompetency from the two-year clerkship to PGY-1 training

N = 26	1st	2nd	PGY-1	p-value*	Cohen’s d
N = 26	1st	2nd	PGY-1	p-value*	1st -PGY1	2nd -PGY
PC-1	3.06 ± 0.52^a	3.10 ± 0.46^b	3.51 ± 0.61^a,b	< 0.0001	0.79	0.76
PC-2	2.91 ± 0.64^c	2.74 ± 0.69^d	3.29 ± 0.67^c,d	< 0.0001	0.58	0.81
PC-4	3.10 ± 0.44^e	3.01 ± 0.40^f	3.42 ± 0.52^e,f	< 0.0001	0.65	0.89
MK-1	3.06 ± 0.49^g	3.08 ± 0.33^h	3.37 ± 0.56^g,h	0.001	0.59	0.66
MK-2	2.99 ± 0.54ⁱ	2.96 ± 0.42^j	3.33 ± 0.49^i,j	< 0.0001	0.66	0.82
SBP-4	3.12 ± 0.40^k	3.20 ± 0.36^l	3.67 ± 0.49^k,l	< 0.0001	1.21	1.09
PROF-1	3.09 ± 0.45^m	3.08 ± 0.40ⁿ	3.57 ± 0.54^m,n	< 0.0001	0.96	1.05

Data was expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The same alphabet indicates significant differences between the same subcompetency of the different learning periods; *By Friedman test. Abbreviations: 1st Frist-year clerkship; 2nd Second-year clerkship; PGY-1 Post-graduate year 1; PC patient care, MK medical knowledge, SBP systems-based practice, PROF professionalism

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