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Table 1 UW Before- and after- rotation clinical competency scores

From: The Clinical Education Partnership Initiative: an innovative approach to global health education

Involvement in care of patients with:*

Average score before rotation

Average score during rotation

Average difference in before/after

p-value§

Advanced HIV

2.36

2.92

0.56

0.05

Tuberculosis

2.24

3.08

0.84

<0.01

Malaria

1.48

2.44

0.96

<0.01

Pediatric HIV

1.23

2.08

0.85

<0.01

Severe malnutrition

2.00

2.64

0.64

0.03

Neonatal sepsis

2.42

3.25

0.83

0.03

Neonatal asphyxia

1.42

2.92

1.50

<0.01

Severe diarrhea

1.73

2.36

0.63

0.01

Comfort with the following clinical skills:**

Diagnosing disease based on history, physical, and vital signs

3.16

3.56

0.40

0.08

Managing patients with limited resources

2.60

3.56

0.96

<0.01

Working effectively in hospital systems different from in the USA

2.58

3.46

0.88

<0.01

Use of clinical guidelines for management

2.58

3.75

1.17

<0.01

  1. *Scores based on a 5-point scale: 1 = 0 patients seen, 2 = 1-5 patients seen, 3 = 6-20 patients seen, 4 = 21-50 patients seen, 5 = Greater than 50 patients seen.
  2. **Scores based on a 5-point scale: 1 = Not at all, 2 = A little bit, 3 = Somewhat, 4 = Reasonably, 5 = Very.
  3. §P-values calculated from paired t-tests.