Integrated online formative assessments in the biomedical sciences for medical students: benefits for learning

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 All students enrolled in Phase 1 in 2006 and 2007 – Effect of participation in online formative assessments on End of Course examination marks

				End of Course Examination Marks
Course	≥ 1 attempt	N	%	Mean	Mean difference (95% CI)	T-Score	P value
1	No	99	21.1	60.8	6.0 (3.2, 8.8)	4.2	< .001
	Yes	370	78.9	66.8
2	No	62	13.4	62.8	3.2 (0.2, 6.2)	2.1	0.037
	Yes	400	86.6	66.0
3	No	70	15.5	66.0	3.5 (1.2, 5.8)	3.0	0.003
	Yes	392	84.5	69.5
4	No	90	19.7	59.0	5.5 (3.3, 7.8)	4.3	< .001
	Yes	367	80.3	64.5
5	No	44	8.6	59.4	6.3 (1.6, 11.0)	2.7	0.009
	Yes	466	91.4	65.7
6	No	71	14.0	59.6	5.3 (2.4, 8.2)	3.6	< .001
	Yes	436	86.0	64.9
7	No	122	24.4	61.5	3.6 (1.8, 5.4)	3.9	< .001
	Yes	377	75.6	65.1

Statistical comparisons of End of Course examination marks between students who had attempted the online formative assessment in each course and those who had not were performed by Student's t-tests.

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