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Table 5 Comparisons of experience of real-life acute care situations for students pre- and post-SAP

From: Student assistantship programme: an evaluation of impact on readiness to transit from medical student to junior doctor

Questionnaire item

Time Points

Mean score (SE)a

Modal responsea

Frequencies (% of completed responses)

Lead

Participant

Observer

Not seen

Missing data

In your final year, have you had experience of any of the following acute care situations in real life?

Acute coronary syndrome

Pre SAP (n = 50)

1.20 (.954)

Participant

5%

41%

22%

32%

9

Post SAP (n = 46)

1.43 (.150)

Participant

12%

44%

20%

24%

5

Asthma

Post SAP

1.33 (.879)

Participant

4%

47%

27%

22%

5

Pre SAP

1.76* (.151)

Participant

19%

55%

10%

17%

4

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

Post SAP

1.29 (.835)

Participant

2%

45%

31%

21%

8

Pre SAP

1.73* (.148)

Participant

19%

56%

7%

19%

3

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Post SAP

1.05 (.893)

Observer

5%

27%

37%

32%

9

Pre SAP

1.47* (.151)

Participant

12%

51%

9%

28%

3

Gastrointestinal bleed

Post SAP

1.05 (.854)

Observer

2%

31%

36%

31%

8

Pre SAP

1.88* (.111)

Participant

12%

71%

10%

7%

4

Paracetamol overdose

Post SAP

.59 (.785)

Not seen

0%

18%

23%

59%

11

Pre SAP

.50 (.109)

Not seen

0%

16%

14%

70%

9

Pulmonary embolism

Post SAP

.83 (.813)

Not seen

0%

25%

33%

43%

10

Pre SAP

1.27* (.148)

Participant

8%

41%

21%

31%

7

Sepsis

Post SAP

1.26 (.902)

Participant

2%

49%

21%

28%

7

Pre SAP

2.17* (.103)

Participant

33%

53%

11%

2%

1

Stroke

Post SAP

1.15 (.882)

Participant

2%

39%

29%

29%

9

Pre SAP

1.77* (.140)

Participant

21%

53%

37%

19%

3

Adverse drug reaction

Post SAP

.61 (.679)

Not seen

0%

11%

39%

50%

12

Pre SAP

1.04* (.167)

Not seen

8%

32%

16%

45%

8

  1. abased on multiple imputation analysis
  2. *dependent t-test was statistically significant at p < .05