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Table 3 Association between history clerkship training at our institution and OSCEs Performance

From: Comparison of OSCE performance between 6- and 7-year medical school curricula in Taiwan

Variables

Received clerkship training at our institution

(N = 274)

Not received clerkship training at our institution

(N = 87)

p-value*

Percentage of score above the qualification standard (mean ± SD%)

 Mock OSCE-1

33.9 ± 13.9%

24.4 ± 14.4%,

< 0.001*

 Mock OSCE-2

29.8 ± 11.9%

29.9 ± 14.1%

0.984

 National OSCE

34.8 ± 10.0%

31.3 ± 10.5%

0.005*

Percentage of qualified stations (mean ± SD%)

 Mock OSCE-1

88.7 ± 13.6%

82.6 ± 19.0%

0.006*

 Mock OSCE-2

89.6 ± 13.9%

89.7 ± 14.4%

0.974

 National OSCE

90.4 ± 9.1%

87.7 ± 11.7%

0.058

  1. *Results were considered significant by p < 0.05