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Table 6 Statistical analysis between self- and external perception

From: Communication skills of medical students: survey of self- and external perception in a longitudinally based trend study

Semester

Communication Skills: Self-Perception

n

Communication Skills: External Perception

n

Difference

95%-CI

p-value (α = 0,05)

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

  

2011

4.32

1.14

810

4.15

0.82

5854

0.173

0.109; 0.237

< 0.0001

2011–2012

4.17

1.11

818

4.3

0.76

5908

−0.125

− 0.185; − 0.066

< 0.0001

2012

4.36

1.18

740

4.25

0.82

5276

0.1096

0.042; 0.177

< 0.0001

2012–2013

4.08

1.36

405

4.13

0.85

3228

−0.051

−0.147; 0.044

0.2890

2013

4.33

1.03

759

4.27

0.68

5628

0.064

0.008; 0.118

0.0237

2013–2014

4.5

1.18

818

4.19

0.77

6492

0.311

0.251; 0.371

< 0.0001

2014

4.44

1.12

762

4.11

0.92

1496

0.331

0.244; 0.417

< 0.0001