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Table 2 The score of PC and search skills of medical (M)/dental (D) students by year of study

From: A survey of the use of electronic scientific information resources among medical and dental students

Year of study

M1

D1

M2

D2

M3

D3

M4

D4

M5

D5

M6

All D

All M

N

67

24

60

17

55

14

44

19

32

7

37

81

295

Mean score of PC skills (SD)

26.3 (9.8)

27.2 (8.8)

24.2 (9.5)

25.6 (10.8)

24.6 (9.5)

18.4 (9.3)

25.2 (9.7)

18.3 (9.4)

25.8 (8.6)

21.0 (9.4)

26.1 (10.1)

22.7 (9.9)

25.3 (9.5)

P

n.s.

n.s.

0.033

 

0.011

 

n.s.

--

0.000

--

t/df

-3.80/86

-.527/74

2.174/65

2.620/61

1.404/36

 

2.139/366

Mean score of search skills (SD)

19.0 (6.7)

18.7 (6.3)

17.4 (6.4)

13.7 (7.9)

17.3 (7.2)

16.1 (9.9)

19.3 (6.0)

13.2 (4.8)

19.2 (6.0)

13.1 (5.9)

20.6 (6.8)

15.4 (7.3)

18.7 (6.7)

P

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

0.000

 

0.023

 

--

0.033

 

t/df

.191/88

1.99/75

.528/66

3.793/60

2.365/37

 

3.774/371