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Table 2 Annual Mean Weighted Rwandan I-ITE scores by graduation class

From: Measuring change in knowledge acquisition of Rwandan residents: using the American Board of Pediatrics International In-Training Examination (I-ITE) as an independent tool to monitor individual and departmental improvements during the Human Resources for Health program: an observational study

Academic year of exam (year levels examined in this class)

2012–13

2013–14

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

All years

Repeated measures ANOVA

Class of 2014 (PG3 & 4)

36.3 (±5.0) (n = 5)

37.9 (±3.1) (n = 5)

37.1 (±4.0) (n = 10)

p = 0.294

Class of 2015 (PG2 & 3)

31.4 (±6.9) (n = 6)

40.1 (±8.6) (n = 5)

35.3 (±8.6) (n = 11)

p = 0.012

Class of 2016 (PG1, 2 & 4)

34.8 (±8.4) (n = 16)

43.4 (±9.6) (n = 17)

49.9 (±9.8) (n = 15)

42.6 (±11.0) (n = 48)

p < 0.001

Class of 2017 (PG1, 3 & 4)

35.0 (±7.3) (n = 14)

46.3 (±9.7) (n = 8)

48.5 (±5.6) (n = 10)

42.0 (±9.7) (n = 32)

p < 0.001

Class of 2018 (PG2, 3 & 4)

40.6 (±4.9) (n = 12)

44.5 (±7.8) (n = 13)

46.6 (±4.5) (n = 12)

43.9 (±6.3) (n = 37)

p = 0.002

Class of 2019 (PG1,2 &3)

40.6 (±4.9) (n = 15)

49.5 (±7.1) (n = 14)

51.4 (±5.1) (n = 14)

47.0 (±7.4) (n = 43)

p < 0.001

Class of 2020 (PG1 &2)

43.7 (±8.0) (n = 12)

49.6 (±6.6) (n = 13)

46.7 (±7.8) (n = 25)

p < 0.001

  1. ± Standard Deviation