Comparative study of an externship program versus a corporate-academic cooperation program for enhancing nursing competence of graduating students

Table 2 The nursing competency of graduating students in two groups at baseline and after practicum training

Items	Possible score range	T0			T1			Difference : CACP group versus EP group Mean difference ± SE (95%CI)		P ^a
Items	Possible score range	EP group (n=19) Mean ± SD	CACP group (n=24) Mean ± SD	P	EP group (n=19) Mean ± SD	CACP group (n=23) Mean ± SD	P			P ^a
The total score	46-230	94.68 ± 27.14	121.92 ± 39.80	0.02*	117.63 ± 19.01	158.52 ± 23.19	0.000†	36.43 ± 7.73	(20.71 - 52.14)	0.000†
CC subscale	7-35	12.95 ± 4.50⁴	16.63 ± 6.51⁴	0.04*	16.74 ± 2.75ⁱⁱⁱ	23.09 ± 3.88ⁱⁱⁱ	0.005†	5.89 ± 1.22	( 3.42 - 8.37)	0.000†
T/C subscale	7-35	10.90 ± 5.87⁶	15.29 ± 7.21⁶	0.04*	15.90 ± 3.97ⁱ	20.48 ± 5.43^iv	0.000†	4.93 ± 1.63	( 1.61 - 8.26)	0.005†
P/E subscale	6-30	10.47 ± 3.73⁵	13.33 ± 6.30⁵	0.09	14.00 ± 3.09ⁱⁱ	19.83 ± 4.11ⁱ	0.000†	4.89 ± 1.26	( 2.33 - 7.46)	0.000†
IPR/C subscale	11-55	25.16 ± 7.49³	29.79 ± 10.73³	0.12	30.84 ± 4.94^iv	40.83 ± 5.32ⁱⁱ	0.000†	9.33 ± 1.94	( 5.39 - 13.26)	0.000†
PD subscale	10-50	23.63 ± 6.29¹	32.08 ± 9.61¹	0.00*	27.21 ± 4.80^v	37.26 ± 5.83^v	0.002†	7.79 ± 1.84	( 4.04 - 11.53)	0.000†
Leadership subscale	5-25	11.58 ± 3.12²	14.79 ± 4.35²	0.01*	12.95 ± 2.70^vi	17.04 ± 3.23^vi	0.000†	3.60 ± 1.10	( 1.37 - 5.84)	0.002†

CC, Clinical care; T/C, Teaching /collaboration; P/E, Planning /evaluation; IPR/C, Interpersonal relations/communication; PD, Professional development; T0, 48 hours within practicum training; T1, after practicum training; EP group, the externship program; CACP group, the corporate-academic cooperation program; ^a: Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with the level of six nursing competence variable at baseline applied as a covariate; SD, Standard deviation; SE, Standard error; *: p < 0.05; †: p < 0.01; ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}: the ranking of percentage of maximum possible scores across six subscales; ^{i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi}: the ranking of percentage of improvement across six subscales.

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