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From: Objective structured clinical examination versus traditional written examinations: a prospective observational study

Fig. 2

Grades obtained at the OSCE training (red), OSCE exam (orange), clinical cases exam (green), critical reading exam (blue) and at the internship evaluation (purple). Graphs are boxplots with medians, Tukey whiskers and points for outlier values. Means with standard deviations (SD) are also presented for each exam type in the table below the x-axis and compared in a paired analysis. In paired analysis, p values were < 0.001 for comparisons of grades between OSCE training and OSCE exam, OSCE training and Clinical cases exam, OSCE training and Critical reading exam, OSCE training and Internship evaluation, OSCE exam and Clinical cases exam, OSCE exam and Critical reading exam, OSCE exam and Internship evaluation, Clinical cases exam and Internship evaluation, and Critical reading exam and Internship evaluation, and p value was 0.033 for the comparison of grades between Clinical cases exam and Critical reading exam

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