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Table 10 Change of the external perception between cohorts examined in 2011 and 2014 (unpaired t-test) in male and female students

From: Communication skills of medical students during the OSCE: Gender-specific differences in a longitudinal trend study

Male students

t1 = 2011 (n = 460)

t2 = 2014 (n = 121)

Difference

95%-CI

p-value (α = 0.05)

 

Main

SD

Main

SD

 

Empathy

4.196

0.79

4.05

0.94

−0.15

−0.019; 0.31

0.0832

Structure

4.12

0.92

3.98

1.01

−0.14

−0.05; 0.33

0.1452

Verbal expression

4.21

0.85

4.11

0.95

−0.10

−0.08; 0.28

0.2620

Non-verbal Expression

4.16

0.897

4.404

1.00

−0.24

−0.43; −0.06

0.0096

Female students

t1 = 2011 (n = 1008)

t2 = 2014 (n = 252)

Difference

95%-CI

p-value (α = 0.05)

 

Main

SD

Main

SD

 

Empathy

4.22

0.71

4.13

0.897

−0.09

−0.014; 0.19

0.0891

Structure

4.00

0.84

4.09

0.87

0.09

−0.21; 0.03

0.1312

Verbal expression

4.17

0.81

4.25

0.89

0.08

−0.19; 0.03

0.1696

Non-verbal Expression

4.14

0.80

4.10

0.89

−0.04

−0.07; 0.15

0.4880