Interpreter training for medical students: pilot implementation and assessment in a student-run clinic

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Participant self-ratings before and after course

	2012–2013 Cohort							2014–2015 Cohort
	Pre-Course			Post-Course			p-value	Pre-Course			Post-Course			p-value
	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	p-value	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	p-value
Comfort	30	3.9	0.78	30	4.4	0.68	WMW 0.02	26	3.6	0.85	15	4.1	0.52	WMW 0.04
Understanding of Role	31	3.6	1.2	30	4.6	0.50	WMW 0.0002	26	3.6	0.98	14	4.8	0.43	WMW 0.0003
Familiarity with Terminology	31	3.3	0.03	30	3.9	0.52	STT 0.02	26	3.2	1.1	14	3.7	0.83	WMW 0.09
Understanding of Position	29	3.2	1.2	30	4.4	0.56	STT <0.0001	26	3.7	1.3	15	4.9	0.35	WMW 0.0005
Comfort with Women’s Health	31	3.2	1.0	29	3.8	0.86	WMW 0.01	26	3.1	0.77	15	3.7	0.72	WMW 0.03
Comfort with Mental Health	31	3.3	0.94	30	4.2	0.61	STT <0.0001	26	3.0	0.87	15	3.6	0.63	WMW 0.04
Comfort with Ophthalmology	31	3.3	0.97	30	3.9	0.86	STT 0.02	26	2.9	0.89	14	3.4	0.76	WMW 0.08

Number of students responding (N) to each survey question, mean and standard deviation (SD) of responses on 5-point Likert scale, and p-value of Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test (WMW) or Student’s t test (STT) of pre- vs. post-course responses as in methods. Significant increases in bold

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