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Table 2 OSCE performance (percentages) at end of Academic Year 2010/11 for first year students (n = 99) by engagement with SDL

From: Outcomes of Irish graduate entry medical student engagement with self-directed learning of clinical skills

Skill practised and tested

Number of SDL sessions per student median (min, max)

Exam performance (no SDL) median (min, max) n (% of total)

Exam performance (1 or more SDL sessions) median (min, max) n (% of total)

*Basic life support

0 (0, 5)

83 (38, 97) n = 81 (82%)

90 (76, 97) n = 18 (18%)

Eye examination

0 (0, 5)

85 (15, 100) n = 60 (61%)

85 (31, 100) n = 39 (39%)

Abdominal examination

0 (0, 1)

76 (36, 100) n = 97 (98%)

90 (88, 92) n = 2 (2%)

Female Ppelvic examination

0 (0, 3)

83 (65, 100) n = 79 (80%)

87 (61, 96) n = 20 (20%)

Blood pressure

0 (0, 5)

89 (22, 100) n = 67 (68%)

86 (33, 100) n = 32 (32%)

Cardiovascular examination

0 (0, 1)

75 (20, 95) n = 95 (96%)

75 (70, 85) n = 4 (4%)

Subcutaneous injection

0 (0, 3)

89 (43, 100) n = 73 (74%)

91 (68, 100) n = 26 (26%)

Peripheral nervous system (PNS) -sensory examination

0 (0, 1)

76 (47, 94) n = 93 (94%)

74 (65, 88) n = 6 (6%)

Cranial nerve examination

0 (0, 1)

75 (54, 96) n = 97 (98%)

84 (82, 86) n = 2 (2%)

  1. *Mann-Whitney test comparing median exam performance across groups (p = 0.024).