Online patient simulation training to improve clinical reasoning: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline

	Intervention group	Control group	P value
Age (Years): n (%)
20–22	4 (2.9)	1 (0.8)
23–24	73 (53.3)	79 (62.2)
25–26	39 (28.5)	29 (22.8)
27–28	11 (8.0)	10 (7.9)
> 29	10 (7.3)	8 (6.3)	0.49
Total n	137	127
Gender: n (%)
Female	64 (46.7)	58 (45.7)
Male	73 (53.3)	69 (54.3)	0.87
Total n	137	127
Self-reported clinical reasoning skills at baseline: mean (SD)	83.1 (9.6)	83.5 (8.8)	0.75
Total n	122	118
Knowledge at baseline: mean (SD)	9.2 (1.8)	9.3 (1.6)	0.22
Total n	125	126

Notes: Baseline n varied for demographics, self-reported clinical reasoning skills and knowledge as some students did not complete all information. Results are presented as number and percentage of students or mean and standard deviation for each group. Comparisons were made using t-tests for means and Chi-squared tests for percentages. P Value less than 0.05 was considered significant

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