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Table 6 Mean scores per CanMEDS role for interns and supervisors: comparisons and correlations

From: Intern preparedness for the CanMEDS roles and the Dunning-Kruger effect: a survey

Role

Mean scores

Correlation

Interns (I)

Supervisors (S)

Difference:

I-S

Spearman ρ

P

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

1. Medical expert

3.80

0.98

3.52

0.88

0.28

0.924

0.00013

2. Communicator

3.60

0.98

3.33

0.76

0.27

0.707

0.050

3. Collaborator

3.91

0.92

3.64

0.81

0.27

0.853

0.031

4. Leader

3.33

0.98

3.19

0.82

0.10

0

1

5. Health advocate

3.63

0.77

3.37

0.84

0.25

0.021

0.74

6. Scholar

3.78

0.94

3.36

0.85

0.42

−0.200

0.80

7. Professional

3.11

1.19

3.29

0.92

−0.18

0.643

0.12

All 7 roles

3.60

1.02

3.41

0.85

0.20

0.684

0.0000