Table 4 Summary of independent predictors of clinical knowledge (hierarchical linear regression)

CP1 knowledge

1

White ethnicity

0.290

3.636

<0.001

0.102

Selective schooling

−0.157

−2.139

0.034

2

White ethnicity

0.255

3.225

0.002

0.167

Selective schooling

−0.169

−2.363

0.019

Verbal Reasoning

0.177

2.381

0.018

Quantitative Reasoning

0.166

2.256

0.025

3

White ethnicity

0.220

3.334

0.001

0.425

Parts I & II weighted average

0.529

8.701

<0.001

CP2 knowledge

1

Male sex

−0.180

−2.396

0.018

0.091

White ethnicity

0.213

2.604

0.010

2

Male sex

−0.225

−3.007

0.003

0.165

White ethnicity

0.162

2.007

0.046

Verbal Reasoning

0.233

3.069

0.003

3

Male sex

−0.161

−3.271

0.001

0.647

Parts I & II weighted average

0.334

5.725

<0.001

CP1 knowledge

0.512

8.319

<0.001

CP3 knowledge

1

(none)

0.041

2

Verbal Reasoning

0.207

2.669

0.008

0.128

Quantitative Reasoning

0.191

2.489

0.014

3

CP1 knowledge

0.155

2.210

0.029

0.671

CP2 knowledge

0.609

8.039

<0.001