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Table 4 Attendance tertiles and test mean scores

From: Pharmacology and therapeutics resource session attendance and academic performance of pre-clerkship medical students in problem-based learning curricula

 

Attendance ≤ 50%

Attendance > 50%

p-value

Mean score in performance (n)

56.4 ± 19.8 (719)

66.7 ± 19.6 (685)

< 0.0001

Lower tertilea percentage (n)

14.6 (105)

6.6 (45)

< 0.0001

Mean lower tertile score

25.6 ± 8.2

25.2 ± 6.2

0.759

Mid tertileb percentage (n)

47.6 (342)

33.8 (232)

< 0.0001

Mean mid tertile score

49.7 ± 7.7

51.3 ± 7.6

< 0.012

Higher tertilec percentage (n)

37.8 (272)

59.6 (408)

< 0.0001

Mean higher tertile score

76.7 ± 9.9

80.1 ± 10.1

< 0.0001

  1. astudents with ≤ 33.3% score in pharmacology
  2. bstudents with > 33.3 to ≤ 66.6% score in pharmacology
  3. cstudents with > 66.6% score in pharmacology
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