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Table 3 The retention of graduating students at three months and one year after beginning employment

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

 

EP group (n=19)

CACP group (n=24)

  

Item

n

(%)

n

(%)

X 2

p

Number of graduating students

      

  Three months after beginning employment

10

(52.6)

22

(91.7)

-

0.005 c

  One year after beginning employment

8

(42.1)

19

(79.2)

6.234

0.025*

  1. EP group, the externship program; CACP group, the corporate-academic cooperation program; *: p < .05; †: p < .01; c: correction by Fisher’s exact test.