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Table 3 Participants self-reflective diagnostic reasoning skills pre and post simulation

From: Virtual simulated international placements as an innovation for internationalisation in undergraduate programs: a mixed methods study

Category

Maximum possible score

Pre-Simulation (n = 46)

Post-Simulation (n = 46)

Mean difference (upper and lower bounds, 95% CI)

Total DTI-O

240

159.39 (±19.49)

169.47 (±24.32)

10.09 (4.22–15.95)

SM DTI-O

126

76.39 (±10.81)

82.41 (±13.00)

6.02 (2.64–9.40)

FT DTI-O

120

80.04 (±8.77)

87.04 (±13.03)

6.43(3.24–9.63)

  1. Abbreviations: DTI-O Diagnostic Thinking Inventory for Optometry, FT Flexibility in thinking, SM Structured memory