The UK clinical aptitude test and clinical course performance at Nottingham: a prospective cohort study

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Table 5 Summary of independent predictors of clinical skills (hierarchical linear regression)

Outcome variable †	Block	Independent predictors	Beta	t	p	R²
CP1 skills	1	Home domicile	−0.184	−2.285	0.024	0.086
		White ethnicity	0.293	3.640	<0.001
	2	Home domicile	−0.197	−2.454	0.015	0.104
		White ethnicity	0.263	3.205	0.002
	3	Home domicile	−0.167	−2.141	0.034	0.172
		White ethnicity	0.245	3.092	0.002
		Parts I & II weighted average	0.272	3.737	<0.001
CP2 skills	1	White ethnicity	0.191	2.314	0.022	0.079
	2	Male sex	−0.187	−2.428	0.016	0.119
	3	Male sex	−0.140	−2.167	0.022	0.389
		Parts I & II weighted average	0.427	6.367	<0.001
		CP1 skills	0.235	3.459	0.001
CP3 skills	1	White ethnicity	0.269	3.252	0.001	0.094
	2	Male sex	−0.158	−2.036	0.043	0.117
		White ethnicity	0.264	3.148	0.002
	3	White ethnicity	0.226	2.962	0.004	0.317
		Parts I & II weighted average	0.280	3.574	<0.001
		CP2 skills	0.265	3.245	0.001

* Factors with p > 0.005 are considered not significant (Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons).
† CP1, CP2, CP3 = successive phases in Clinical Practice.

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