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Table 1 Comparison of the Simulation group (N = 24) and Control group (N = 7 6) among the 131 fifth-year medical students at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines for characteristics, knowledge, attitudes (confidence, change in professional practice) and satisfaction in the simulation group

From: Evaluating the effectiveness of a single-day simulation-based program in psychiatry for medical students: a controlled study

  

Simulation Group (S)

N = 24

p

(pre-post)

Control Group (C)

N = 76

p (S-C)

Group characteristics

Gender (N, % males)

N = 24 (41.7%)

 

N = 74 (37.8%)

ns

Clerkship in psychiatry (%)

N = 2 4 (20.8%)

 

N = 76 (5.2%)

0.006

(Continuous variables)

 

N

M

SD

 

N

M

SD

 

Knowledge [0–20]

Grade at initial university check

24

15.6

1.2

 

75

15.2

1.5

ns

Pre-simulation

24

16.3

1

0.01

    

Post-simulation

24

16.8

0.6

    

University Grade (2 months after)

24

13.7

1.4

 

76

12.8

1.4

0.016

Confidence CPCQ[1–4]

Pre-simulation

24

2.2

0.3

< 0.001

    

Post-simulation

24

2.7

0.2

    

2 months after simulation

17

2.7

0.2

 

75

2.4

0.3

0.003

Change professional Practices [1-4]

 

24

3.4

0.5

     

Satisfaction

General [0–10]

24

9.3

0.6

     

Satisfaction Questionnaire [1–4]

24

3.5

0.2

     

Total DASH [1–7]

24

6.5

0.4

     
  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, CPCQ Confidence in Psychiatric Clinical skills Questionnaire