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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of graduate entry students broken down by background discipline

From: Relative progress and academic performance of graduate vs undergraduate entrants to an Australian medical school

 

Biological science / Science (N = 253)

Health / Allied Health (N = 95)

Humanities / Commerce / Business / Law (N = 35)

Physical Sciences (N = 27)

P value

Age at entry (yr)

24.6 ± 0.3

26.7 ± 0.5 ** #

29.3 ± 1.3 **

27.0 ± 1.0

< 0.001

Gender (M/F)

97 (38.3%)

46 (48.4%)

17 (48.6%)

18 (66.7%)

0.019

Quarantined entry

36 (14.2%)

20 (21.1%)

13 (37.1%)

6 (22.2%)

0.008

ATAR

95.12 ± 0.39 (N = 128)

93.52 ± 0.96 (N = 24)

91.75 ± 2.60 (N = 10)

98.23 ± 0.49 # (N = 7)

0.017

GPA at entry

6.42 ± 0.02

6.33 ± 0.04

6.26 ± 0.07

6.45 ± 0.07

0.059

Interview score

27.1 ± 0.3

27.7 ± 0.5*

28.4 ± 1.0

25.5 ± 1.2

0.146

Communication skills score

4.1 ± 0.1

4.3 ± 0.1

4.4 ± 0.3

3.8 ± 0.3

0.166

Motivation / Commitment score

3.9 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.2

3.7 ± 0.2

0.314

  1. P values are from One-way ANOVA for continuous data and Pearson chi-squared tests for categorical data. Post hoc comparisons from One-way ANOVA (Bonferroni correction) - *P < 0.05 **P < 0.001 compared to Biological Science / Science, #P < 0.05 compared to Humanities