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Table 3 Mean performance score at each OSCE station, by gender and education program

From: How well does pre-service education prepare midwives for practice: competence assessment of midwifery students at the point of graduation in Ethiopia

OSCE station

Gender

Training program

Male (n = 170)

Female (n = 314)

P-value*

TVET program

University program (n = 148)

P-value*

Post-basic (n = 119)

Direct entry (n = 217)

ALL TVET (n = 336)

TVET post-basic versus direct entry

All TVET versus university

Assisting normal delivery

65.6

66.4

0.715

67.8

72.6

70.9

55.3

0.073

<0.001

Active management of 3rd stage of labor

69.4

69.3

0.968

72.9

71.0

71.7

64.1

0.392

<0.001

Vacuum assisted delivery

44.9

31.8

<0.001

32.2

35.8

34.5

40.9

0.269

0.016

ANC history taking

50.4

42.6

0.001

45.0

46.6

46.0

43.8

0.579

0.344

Manual vacuum aspiration

35.5

30.4

0.048

25.5

32.4

29.9

37.4

0.015

0.007

Newborn resuscitation

53.6

51.2

0.424

50.0

58.1

55.2

44.8

0.020

0.001

Partograph interpretation

50.0

41.6

0.003

33.4

41.1

38.4

58.4

0.022

<0.001

Postpartum counseling

64.2

63.0

0.570

65.7

63.9

64.5

61.0

0.412

0.092

Applying medical eligibility criteria in family planning provision

71.8

64.5

0.005

61.8

66.6

64.9

71.9

0.151

0.014

Integrated management of childhood illness

49.5

36.9

<0.001

43.6

37.5

39.7

45.2

0.038

0.024

  1. *P-value computed using independent sample t-test