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Table 5 Gender subgroup analysis of fairness

From: Medical student perceptions of assessments of clinical reasoning in a general surgery clerkship

Assessment

Female (58)

Male (47)

p-value

Preceptor evaluations

24 (41.37%)

20 (42.55%)

0.8428

Oral examination

42 (72.41%)

36 (76.60%)

0.5252

Clinical documentation

41 (70.69%)

26 (55.32%)

0.0505

OSCE

33 (56.90%)

32 (68.09%)

0.4793

Shelf exam

44 (75.86%)

38 (80.85%)

0.7628

  1. Subgroup analysis by gender. Percentage Strongly Agree and Agree reported. P-value is for the Wilcoxon Rank Sum analysis. Five missing surveys excluded
  2. Subgroup analysis for fairness of each assessment. Due to the number of tests, a multiplicity adjustment (Bonferroni Adjustment) was implemented, and the associated significance level of determination is now .05/5 = .01