Relationship of creative projects in anatomy to medical student professionalism, test performance and stress: an exploratory study

Table 3 Exam Scores/Final Grades by Project Completers/Non-Completers

	Completing Creative Projects?	N	Mean	S.D.	t-value**	d.f.	p value
Midterm 1 (Written)	No	42	86.72	6.81	1.98	78	0.051
	Yes	38	83.21	8.97
Midterm 2 (Practical)	No	42	87.94	6.47	1.80	78	0.08
	Yes	38	85.37	6.28
Midterm 2 (Written)	No	42	82.71	7.49	1.37	78	0.17
	Yes	38	80.25	8.55
Midterm 3 (Practical)	No	42	84.62	7.23	1.65	78	0.10
	Yes	38	82.05	6.62
Midterm 3 (Written)	No	42	83.44	8.62	1.35	78	0.18
	Yes	38	80.87	8.43
Final (Practical)	No	42	87.52	6.70	0.92	78	0.36
	Yes	38	86.15	6.63
Final (Written)	No	42	87.32	7.13	1.87	78	0.07
	Yes	38	84.19	7.83
Combined Test Scores	No	42	85.75	5.34	1.95	78	0.05
	Yes	38	83.16	5.54

*First creative project submitted before midterm 2; second creative project submitted before final exams
**Independent 2-tailed t-test assuming equal group variances

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