Table 1 Concordance of experts in their assessment scores of letters to patients written by 6 th year students attending family medicine rotation in 2011
From: Writing letters to patients as an educational tool for medical students
Evaluation category | Score (mean ± SD)* | Concordance† | Difference‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expert 1 | Expert 2 | Expert 3 | W (P) | χ 2(P) | |
Adequacy and clarity of description of disease/state | 1.43 ± 0.57 | 1.36 ± 0.48 | 1.75 ± 0.49 | 0.372 (0.197) | 32.525 (<0.001) |
Knowledge | 1.47 ± 0.55 | 1.28 ± 0.53 | 1.74 ± 0.48 | 0.484 (0.002) | 45.529 (<0.001) |
Adequacy of recommendations | 1.43 ± 0.58 | 1.50 ± 0.52 | 1.80 ± 0.40 | 0.469 (0.004) | 34.740 (<0.001) |
Courtesy and respect | 1.91 ± 0.32 | 1.62 ± 0.51 | 1.86 ± 0.42 | 0.413 (0.047) | 31.442 (<0.001) |
Language and style | 1.78 ± 0.44 | 1.58 ± 0.53 | 1.53 ± 0.57 | 0.357 (0.288) | 14.588 (<0.001) |
Total score | 8.02 ± 1.37 | 7.34 ± 1.46 | 8.69 ± 1.66 | 0.519 (0.001) | 64.153 (<0.001) |