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Table 2 Feedback content in 2020 (online feedback given by near peer students) compared to 2013 (face to face feedback given by experienced clinical teachers)

From: The pedagogical value of near-peer feedback in online OSCEs

 

2020 N = 106

2013 N = 37

p valuea

Global performance

0.30 (0.46)

0.84 (0.90)

0.0002

Content—History taking

3.53 (2.37)

5.11 (3.16)

0.0068

Content—Physical examination

1.71 (1.62)

4.38 (2.72)

 < 0.0001

Content—Explanation-end

0.84 (0.95)

0.92 (0.92)

0.5584

Process—Communication skills

4.89 (2.43)

4.70 (3.51)

0.3376

Elaborationb- clinical reasoning

0.78 (1.09)

0.70 (0.91)

0.9534

Elaborationb- communication/professionalism

0.70 (0.86)

1.32 (1.42)

0.0286

  1. aWilcoxon rank sum test
  2. bElaboration: number of times the near peer/clinical teacher elaborated in directive or facilitative way on the importance or relevance of collecting such items during the feedback session