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Table 1 Measures of central tendency and dispersion for assessment measures

From: Relationships between academic performance of medical students and their workplace performance as junior doctors

Assessment Method (n = 200)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

<25 percentile (count)

Assessment of clinical attachments year 6

Medicine

73.7 (5.1)

74 (71,77)

50

Surgery

72.1(7.4)

73 (69,76)

52

Emergency Medicine

73.3 (5.6)

71 (65, 78)

23

Psychiatry

71.6 (8.6)

72 (65, 78)

42

Examinations

Year 4 OSCE

68.7 (8.2)

70 (65,74)

62

 

Year 5 OSCE

66.3 (7.3)

67 (63, 71)

46

 

Year 5 Written

68.3(8.3)

69 (63,73)

48

 

Year 6 Written

71.1 (4.5)

71 (68, 74)

38

Summary scores

GPA

5.6 (.47)

5.6 (5.32, 5.93)

48

Assessment as a junior doctor

Clinical Management subscale (/24)

19.9 (1.37)

19.75 (19, 21)

40

 

Communication skills subscale (/16)

14.4 (1.4)

14.3 (13.8, 15)

50

 

Combined Overall Score (/40)

34.4 (2.23)

34.25 (33,36)

42