One Institution’s evaluation of family medicine residency applicant data for academic predictors of success

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Results of Welch’s t-test on History of Problems in Academics or Professionalism

Dependent Variable	No Hx of Academic Problems		Hx of Academic Problems		Welch’s t(df)	p	Cohen’s d
Dependent Variable	M	SD	M	SD	Welch’s t(df)	p	Cohen’s d
ITE	382.5	74.6	353.8	45.7	2.23 (49.879)	0.030*	0.46
PC	2.82	.866	2.52	.830	1.42 (33.053)	.166	0.35
MK	2.79	.825	2.39	.862	1.90 (30.860)	.067	0.47
ICS	2.82	.924	2.40	.962	1.78 (30.955)	.085	0.44
Prof	2.71	.978	2.46	1.00	1.02 (31.256)	.314	0.25
Comp	2.73	.887	2.40	.854	1.56 (33.286)	.127	0.38

*p < .05
Legend – ITE In-Training Exam, PC Patient Care, MK Medical Knowledge, ICS Interpersonal Communication Skills, Prof Professionalism, Comp Composite Score (average of PC, MK, ICS, and Prof)

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