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Table 2 Mean Pre-Post Values and Changes in Outcome Variables in Experimental Phase.

From: Evaluation of a communication skills program for first-year medical students at the University of Toronto

 

Intervention

Control

Significance (N.S. = not significant)

 

(A)

(B)

(B) - (A)

(A)

(B)

(B) - (A)

Repeated

 

pre

post

change

pre

post

change

Measures

       

Time × Group

Self Rating, SAICQ

3.39

3.31

-0.09

3.54

3.57

+0.02

F(1,77) = 2.82

(S.D.)

(0.61)

(0.56)

(0.29)

(0.46)

(0.45)

(0.28)

N.S.

Actor Rating, ISRS

59.7

65.3

+5.7

58.2

61.1

+2.9

F(1,77) = 0.54

(S.D.)

(13.4)

(14.2)

(16.8)

(13.0)

(14.0)

(16.8)

N.S.

External Rating, SPIR

6.00

8.29

+2.29

7.32

6.63

-0.68

F(1,77) = 4.46

(S.D.)

(5.72)

(4.98)

(6.30)

(6.68)

(5.13)

(6.20)

p = 0.038

  1. Three-Measure Multivariate Time × Group F(1,77) = 1.90, not significant. Measure × Time × Group F(1,77) = 4.85, p = 0.03.