Table 2 Medical school performance metrics stratified by program director’s overall assessment of intern performance (relative to their cohort) at the end of intern year
Below Averagea | Average | Above Average | Outstanding | Follow up t-tests for significant ANOVA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 4) | (n = 60) | (n = 95) | (n = 85) | ANOVA | A vs. AA | A vs. O | AA vs. O | |||||
Performance metrics | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | F | p | t | p | t | p | t | p |
USMLE Step 1 | 210.5 (24.0) | 224.6 (19.3) | 232.4 (18.6) | 234.6 (17.4) | 5.3 | < 0.01 | 2.5 | 0.01 | 3.2 | < 0.01 | 0.9 | 0.38 |
USMLE Step 2CK | 241.5 (15.8) | 243.4 (16.1) | 249.1 (15.9) | 250.4 (15.6) | 3.6 | 0.03 | 2.1 | 0.04 | 2.6 | < 0.01 | 0.6 | 0.54 |
MS3 GPA | 3.2 (0.1) | 3.4 (0.4) | 3.5 (0.3) | 3.6 (0.3) | 4.0 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 0.02 | 3.0 | < 0.01 | 0.7 | 0.48 |
MS3 Rank | 105.8 (11.6) | 76.8 (37.5) | 63.1 (38.6) | 58.5 (38.8) | 4.2 | 0.02 | −2.1 | 0.04 | −2.8 | < 0.01 | −0.8 | 0.41 |