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Table 2 The comparison for scores of case reports among three teaching methods

From: ‘Standardized patients’ in teaching the communication skill of history-taking to four-year foreign medical undergraduates in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology

Indexes

Methodsa

Mean

SD

95%CI

Mean square

F

P

Lower

Upper

Total score

Real patients

101.28

1.12

99.06

103.49

6644.44

86.78

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

108.32

1.05

106.23

110.40

SPb

118.02

0.74

116.55

119.49

Chief complain

Real patients

5.50

0.09

5.31

5.69

89.84

136.14

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

5.48

0.08

5.32

5.64

SP

4.00

0.00

4.00

4.00

Present history

Real patients

26.04

0.43

25.20

26.89

985.38

95.83

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

31.85

0.37

31.12

32.59

SP

26.47

0.20

26.07

26.87

Past history

Real patients

14.60

0.26

14.08

15.11

161.17

33.57

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

15.99

0.22

15.56

16.42

SP

17.21

0.21

16.79

17.63

Personal history

Real patients

12.98

0.22

12.54

13.42

1117.03

191.25

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

11.77

0.33

11.12

12.42

SP

17.69

0.14

17.42

17.96

Menstrual and childbearing

Real patients

33.37

0.53

32.32

34.43

2215.11

151.49

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

31.88

0.36

31.17

32.59

SP

40.94

0.37

40.21

41.66

Family history

Real patients

8.79

0.18

8.43

9.14

239.112

99.48

< 0.001*

SP + real patients

11.35

0.19

10.97

11.74

SP

11.71

0.12

11.48

11.95

  1. *P<0.05, Repeat measures ANOVA
  2. aNinety four case reports were collected in each group respectively
  3. bSP, standardized patients