Table 3 The relationship between resource session attendance and performance in pharmacology MCQs score
Mean score of pharmacology performance per percentage of students’ attendance | |||||||||||
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Year | Unit | No of students | 0% | 1–24% | 25–49% | 50–74% | 75–99% | 100% | Mean score ± SD | Correlation coefficient (г) | p-value |
2 | I | 176 | 51.9 ± 14.1 (8) | 46.1 ± 21.7 (6) | 54.7 ± 14.1 (9) | 50.3 ± 20.3 (28) | 55.4 ± 17.3 (40) | 62.9 ± 15.0 (85) | 57.7 ± 17.3 (176) | 0.264 | < 0.001 |
2 | II | 177 | 63.1 ± 14.1 (21) | (0) | 67.4 ± 13.8 (22) | 64.4 ± 12.7 (33) | 71.3 ± 12.7 (49) | 73.9 ± 13.6 (52) | 69.3 ± 13.8 (177) | 0.268 | < 0.001 |
2 | III | 175 | 42.6 ± 17.1 (19) | 53.7 ± 18.5 (38) | 56.8 ± 20.0 (19) | 66.3 ± 15.8 (42) | 66.7 ± 18.5 (41) | 62.5 ± 15.0 (16) | 59.7 ± 19.1 (175) | 0.349 | < 0.001 |
3 | IV | 141 | 40.9 ± 15.4 (22) | 42.8 ± 18.0 (7) | 43.9 ± 20.0 (33) | 51.2 ± 22.0 (42) | 52.9 ± 24.4 (17) | 62.0 ± 23.3 (20) | 49.2 ± 21.7 (141) | 0.309 | < 0.001 |
3 | V | 141 | 46.2 ± 16.6 (31) | 47.3 ± 20.5 (28) | 51.6 ± 21.3 (16) | 53.8 ± 19.7 (22) | 67.8 ± 19.3 (38) | 70.8 ± 15.6 (6) | 55.1 ± 21.0 (141) | 0.421 | < 0.001 |
3 | VI | 139 | 64.7 ± 17.3 (45) | 66.7 ± 20.5 (18) | 81.5 ± 18.7 (21) | 85.6 ± 12.8 (30) | 82.6 ± 17.2 (16) | 92.6 ± 7.9 (9) | 75.9 ± 19.2 (139) | 0.493 | < 0.001 |
4 | VII | 151 | 58.7 ± 18.6 (65) | (0) | 58.3 ± 18.4 (35) | 62.8 ± 20.9 (13) | 75.5 ± 21.4 (16) | 84.1 ± 10.9 (22) | 64.4 ± 20.4 (151) | 0.444 | < 0.001 |
4 | VIII | 152 | 51.9 ± 23.9 (29) | 60.4 ± 21.1 (16) | 61.5 ± 21.3 (27) | 60.2 ± 20.7 (31) | 70.5 ± 19.9 (39) | 75.3 ± 13.7 (10) | 62.5 ± 21.8 (152) | 0.309 | < 0.001 |
4 | IX | 152 | 54.6 ± 17.1 (101) | (0) | 60.0 ± 15.2 (20) | 72.9 ± 19.1 (12) | (0) | 70.7 ± 14.0 (19) | 58.8 ± 17.8 (152) | 0.360 | < 0.001 |
1404 | 54.6 ± 18.9 (341) | 54.1 ± 20.7 (113) | 59.1 ± 21.0 (202) | 62.4 ± 21.0 (253) | 67.2 ± 19.6 (256) | 69.6 ± 16.9 (239) | 61.5 ± 20.4 (1404) | 0.280 | < 0.001 | ||