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Table 1 Examiner marks awarded to candidates at each of the five stations

From: Exploration of a possible relationship between examiner stringency and personality factors in clinical assessments: a pilot study

Examiner

Blood pressure measurement

Communication skills (explaining a prescription)

Basic life support

Communication skills (explaining a planned endoscopy procedure)

Hand-washing

1

26.5 (21.7-29.0)

23.0 (14.0-32.5)

30.5 (28.4-35.8)

32.0 (29.0-33.0)

35.7 (34.3-38.6)

2

27.5 (20.2-29.5)

16.5 (10.5-27.5)

35.2 (33.4-37.6)

29.0 (23.5-32.0)

34.3 (28.1-34.5)

3

23.5 (10.7-26.0)

28.0 (20.5-34.0)

34.2 (27.8-38.4)

39.0 (34.0-40.0)

36.6 (33.5-38.5)

4

25.0 (17.0-29.5)

18.0 (5.0-23.5)

37.9 (37.6-39.1)

34.0 (23.0-34.0)

33.3 (31.2-36.7)

5

24.5 (20.5-27.2)

23.0 (11.0-32.0)

27.9 (22.9-30.2)

27.0 (22.0-31.5)

31.4 (29.5-33.3)

6

22.5 (17.0-28.0)

25.0 (17.0-35.0)

32.1 (30.2-34.9)

30.0 (22.0-38.5)

38.1 (37.8-38.2)

7

29.5 (20.0-31.0)

24.0 (16.0-32.5)

33.1 (32.6-33.9)

30.0 (27.5-32.5)

34.7 (30.9-35.2)

8

27.0 (20.5-28.5)

21.0 (15.0-29.0)

30.0 (27.4-33.0)

27.0 (20.5-32.0)

27.6 (26.2-30.5)

9

20.5 (14.0-24.2)

25.0 (20.5-33.0)

31.0 (26.3-32.6)

31.0 (25.5-35.0)

34.3 (29.5-36.4)

10

10.0 (6.7-18.2)

26.0 (9.0-30.5)

27.4 (23.7-28.1)

28.0 (18.0-35.0)

22.4 (16.9-28.6)

11

15.0 (11.5-22.2)

17.0 (12.5-26.0)

30.5 (30.2-36.3)

32.0 (24.0-34.0)

36.2 (33.5-37.1)

12

13 (10.7-15.2)

15.0 (11.5-20.5)

15.8 (14.7-18.1)

16.0 (14.0-16.5)

16.1 (13.8-17.5)

  1. Values are medians with interquartile ranges.