The impact of external academic accreditation of undergraduate medical program on students’ satisfaction

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Comparison of different themes of students’ satisfaction Pre- and-Post accreditation cycles

Variable^a	Accreditation 1					Accreditation 2
Variable^a	Pre	Post	t- test	P value	Cohen’s d	Pre	Post	t- test	P value	Cohen’s d
Overall satisfaction, mean ± SD	3.46 ± 0.34	3.71 ± 0.39	−3.713	< .001	0.702	3.57 ± 0.30	3.70 ± 0.34	−2.156	0.040	0.407
Course conduction, mean ± SD	3.425 ± 0.372	3.757 ± 0.396	−3.299	0.003	0.624	3.550 ± 0.393	3.814 ± 0.365	−3.678	0.001	0.695
Practical/Clinical, mean ± SD	3.079 ± 0.487	3.575 ± 0.385	−4.542	< 0.001	0.858	3.471 ± 0.336	3.661 ± 0.446	−2.255	0.032	0.426
Learning Resources, mean ± SD	3.400 ± 0.361	3.614 ± 0.484	−1.952	0.061	0.369	3.536 ± 0.343	3.689 ± 0.359	−2.241	0.033	0.424
Teaching Staff, mean ± SD	3.679 ± 0.409	3.836 ± 0.343	−1.671	0.106	0.316	3.668 ± 0.294	3.889 ± 0.302	−4.136	< .001	0.782
Assessment, mean ± SD	3.40 ± 0.374	3.546 ± 0.441	−1.377	0.180	0.260	3.425 ± 0.387	3.625 ± 0.395	−2.510	0.018	0.474

^a The level of statistical significance is considered when the p-value is less than 0.05. The effect size was estimated using Cohen’s d test and the interpretation scheme refers to effect sizes as small (d = 0.2), medium (d = 0.5), and large (d = 0.8)

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