Sustained impact of a short small group course with systematic feedback in addition to regular clinical clerkship activities on musculoskeletal examination skills-a controlled study

Table 1 Inter-rater agreement within the two study cohorts (2006 and 2007)

Task		Kendall’s Tau-b (2006)			Kendall’s Tau-b 2007)
Task		T0	T1	T2	T0	T1	T2
Clinical Skills (CS)	Musculoskeletal Examination Skills (MSES)
	Inspection	0.79	0.57	0.78	0.59	0.53	0.64
	Palpation of anatomic landmarks	0.46	0.81	1.00	0.52	0.49	1.00
	Movements of one joint	0.81	0.69	(.)^a	0.81	0.80	(.)^a
	Documentation of joint movements	0.67	1.00	0.78	0.84	0.83	0.58
	Movements of the spine	0.78	0.76	0.98	0.77	0.64	0.54
	Trigger test	0.71	0.72	0.67	0.59	0.70	0.80
	Verbalization of physical findings	0.54	0.47	0.63	0.50	0.55	0.75
	Interpersonal Skills (IPS)
	Communication with patient	0.63	0.53	0.65	0.31	0.74	0.30
	Professional behavior	0.41	−0.22	0.27	0.20	0.68	0.57

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