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Table 3 Comparisons between preclinical and end of the fourth-year JSPE-S scores by Medical Humanities program and gender

From: Gender differences in the effect of medical humanities program on medical students’ empathy: a prospective longitudinal study

 

Preclinical

End 4th year

t

df

p

Cohen’s d

Men

 MH(lim)

113.87 ± 11.99

112.31 ± 13.59

1.29

93

0.200

0.13

 MH(ext)

116.29 ± 9.30

111.67 ± 15.19

2.38

35

0.023

0.34

Women

 MH(lim)

111.72 ± 10.69

111.48 ± 14.81

0.16

61

.871

0.02

 MH(ext)

118.47 ± 11.43 **

117.97 ± 12.86*

0.29

33

0.775

0.04

  1. Humanities program – MH(lim) Limited Medical Humanities program, MH(ext) Extended three-year Medical Humanities studies
  2. *p < 0.05 for difference between MH(lim) and MH(ext) in preclinical JSPE-S in women
  3. **p < 0.01 for difference between MH(lim) and MH(ext) in end of 4th-year JSPE-S in women