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Table 1 Sociodemographic data as a function of groups

From: Does providing the correct diagnosis as feedback after self-explanation improve medical students diagnostic performance?

  

Immediate Feedback Group

Delayed Feedback Group

Control Group

Mean age (SD)

23.58 (3.97)

23.40 (3.10)

22.84 (1.93)

Gender

W = 53.3%

W = 61.3%

W = 56.3%

M = 46.7%

M = 38.7%

M = 43.7%

Clerkship rotation

Internal medicine

19.4%

6.5%

12.5%

Specialty of internal medicine

38.7%

29.0%

40.6%

Pediatrics

41.9%

64.5%

46.9%

Personal study on jaundice during the week

0 h

64.5%

64.5%

54.8%

≤ 2 h

19.4%

22.6%

32.3%

>  2 h

16.1%

12.9%

12.9%

Teaching related to jaundice during the week

0 h

67.7%

67.7%

73.3%

≤ 2 h

25.8%

22.6%

23.3%

>  2 h

6.5%

9.7%

3.3%

Mean level of confidence regarding approach to jaundice (SD)

5.86 (1.43)

6.34 (1.52)

6.02 (1.09)