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Table 1 Comparison of student performance on Romanian versions (ROM) versus English versions (ENG) of VPs

From: Language, culture and international exchange of virtual patients

 

Time / case (min)

Number questions history

Number questions physical

Number questions lab. & imag.

Diagnosis (good – 10 incomplete – 8 wrong – 4)

Therapeutic plan (good – 10 incomplete – 8 wrong – 4)

Number of words in diagnosis justification

VPs LANGUAGE

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

RO

ENG

2010 Cluj VPs

MEAN

47.00

47.00

49.00

51.00

25.00

22.00

23.00

24.00

7.04

7.32

6.08

6.62

27.00

25.00

 

SD

25.69

10.10

33.11

35.55

28.93

28.64

14.35

13.86

2.19

2.11

2.18

2.23

20.64

21.35

 

p-value (two-tail)

0.9662

0.6271

0.4088

0.7404

0.5679

0.0768

0.1977

2011 USA VPs

MEAN

42.00

46.00

84.00

83.00

28.00

28.00

22.00

25.00

6.96

7.30

6.46

6.42

33.00

28.00

 

SD

33.02

43.76

61.90

59.77

14.53

16.25

19.08

35.85

2.35

2.42

2.05

2.06

27.33

17.26

 

p-value (two-tail)

0,2297

0,8524

0,7682

0,4386

0,2716

0,8789

0,0744

  1. The VPs developed in Cluj (2010 Cluj VPs) and the VPs developed in the USA (2011 USA VPs).