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Table 3 Mean Pre-Post Values and Changes in Outcome Variables in Open Phase (Assessment Data Available Varies from n = 71 to n = 73).

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

 

Intervention over Academic Year

Significance

 

(A)

(B)

(B) - (A)

Repeated Measures

    

Time Effect

Self Rating, SAICQ

3.47

3.39

-0.08

F(1,70) = 4.45

(S.D.)

(0.55)

(0.55)

(0.32)

p = 0.038

Actor Rating, ISRS

59.1

65.5

+6.4

F(1,69) = 11.38

(S.D.)

(13.1)

(12.7)

(16.0)

p < 0.001

External Rating, SPIR

6.70

8.33

+1.63

F(1,71) = 4.43

(S.D.)

(6.15)

(5.51)

(6.58)

p = 0.039

  1. Three Measure Multivariate Time F(1,66) = 17.28, p < 0.001. Time × Group F(1,66) = 0.18, not significant.