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Table 2 Test results across different levels of medical training

From: Evaluation of statistical illiteracy in Latin American clinicians and the piloting evaluation of a short course across multiple timepoints

Test scores by medical training level

Test result

Undergraduate

2.7 (IQR: 1.2 – 3.8)

General Practitioner

2.2 (IQR: 1.5 – 4.0)

Resident

3.4 (IQR: 1.4 – 4.1)

Evaluation group (residents)

3.8 (IQR: 2.9 – 4.2)

Graduated Specialist

2.9 (IQR: 1.9 – 3.9)

Overall tests score

2.6 (IQR: 1.5 – 3.3)

  1. n = 392. Test’s scale is 0 – 10. Data are medians and IQR = interquartile range. Groups’ results were not statistically different when compared with a Friedman’s test (p > 0.05)
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BMC Medical Education

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