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Table 2 Student performance on end of clerkship assessments

From: Effect of a high value care curriculum on standardized patient exam in the Core Clerkship in Internal Medicine

Assessment

 

Control (66)

Intervention (70)

p

Standardized patient

Appropriate tests/student (SD)

3.2 (0.94)

3.1 (0.90)

0.55

Inappropriate tests/student (SD)

2.2 (1.5)

1.8 (1.3)

0.13

Median Medicare allowable fees/student (IQR)

$500.86 ($227.90 – $870.33)

$287.59 ($169.87–681.18)

0.04

Median NBME percentile (IQR)

 

67 (42–88)

78 (59–92)

0.10

  1. SD Standard Deviation
  2. IQR Interquartile Range
  3. NBME National Board of Medical Examiners