How the introduction of OSCEs has affected the time students spend studying: results of a nationwide study

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Table 3 Performance outcomes in OSCEs and MCQ tests by medical school affiliation

Medical school	n ^b	Average grade on OSCEs^a	Average grade on MCQ tests^a	p ^c
Medical school	n ^b	Mean	Mean	p ^c
I	22	3.52	2.90	< 0.01
V	16	3.38	2.47	< 0.01
VI	52	3.53	2.73	< 0.01
VII	42	3.61	3.00	< 0.01
IX	35	3.48	3.01	< 0.01
XI	34	3.26	2.86	< 0.01
XIV	72	3.12	2.76	< 0.01
XXI	54	2.89	2.60	< 0.01
XXIV	48	3.38	3.03	< 0.01
XXVIII	58	3.37	2.54	< 0.01
XXXI	57	3.38	2.81	< 0.01
XXVII	4	3.75	2.13	0.01
III	17	3.54	3.12	0.02
XIII	15	3.40	2.93	0.02
XXV	6	3.42	2.62	0.06
XXIX	5	3.60	3.00	0.07
XXXII	49	3.06	2.89	0.08
VIII	39	2.96	2.79	0.09
XX	4	2.50	3.00	0.09
XXII	8	3.25	3.00	0.10
XVI	43	3.24	3.08	0.13
XXX	23	2.98	2.72	0.16
XVII	105	3.05	2.95	0.19
XIX	8	3.19	2.84	0.21
X	122	2.60	2.66	0.38
XII	33	2.81	2.71	0.38
XVIII	2	3.25	2.75	0.50
XXIII	20	3.10	3.14	0.88
IV	62	2.96	2.97	0.92
XXVI	31	2.81	2.81	0.96
II	12	3.33	3.33	1.00
XV	13	2.85	3.48	0.01

^aOverall average grade across all assessments of that kind as reported by the students. We used a 4.0 grading scale (minimum–maximum, 0.0–4.0)
^bNumber of responses
^cA paired t-test was used

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