Multimodal teaching methods for students in dentistry: a replacement for traditional teaching or a valuable addition? A three-year prospective cohort study

Table 3 Group differences in Correct Short and Multiple-Choice Questions between Genders and Years of Clinical Training

Lecture Delivery & Question	GENDER	MEAN RANK	p-value	CLINICAL TRAINING	MEAN RANK	p-value
Rec SAQ	Females	124.81	0.049	Preclinical	125.02	0.165
Rec SAQ	Males	106.83	0.049	Clinical	112.62	0.165
F2F SAQ	Females	113.5	0.567	Preclinical	133.05	< 0.001
F2F SAQ	Males	108.46	0.567	Clinical	93.84	< 0.001
CK-REC SAQ	Females	92.27	0.032	Preclinical	72.08	0.003
CK-REC SAQ	Males	75.52	0.032	Clinical	95.19	0.003
CK-F2F SAQ	Females	82.96	0.316	Preclinical	83.28	0.448
CK-F2F SAQ	Males	75.49	0.316	Clinical	77.67	0.448
AK-REC SAQ	Females	89.97	0.175	Preclinical	86.62	0.894
AK-REC SAQ	Males	79.36	0.175	Clinical	85.59	0.894
AK-F2F SAQ	Females	80.51	0.863	Preclinical	78.33	0.7
AK-F2F SAQ	Males	79.22	0.863	Clinical	81.18	0.7
Rec MCQ	Females	8.79	0.684	Preclinical		N/A
Rec MCQ	Males	7.63	0.684	Clinical		N/A
F2F MCQ	Females	8.96	0.521	Preclinical		N/A
F2F MCQ	Males	7.13	0.521	Clinical		N/A
CK-REC MCQ	Females	8.75	0.77	Preclinical		N/A
CK-REC MCQ	Males	7.75	0.77	Clinical		N/A
CK-F2F MCQ	Females	8.83	0.684	Preclinical		N/A
CK-F2F MCQ	Males	7.50	0.684	Clinical		N/A
AK-REC MCQ	Females	9.08	0.446	Preclinical		N/A
AK-REC MCQ	Males	6.75	0.446	Clinical		N/A
AK-F2F MCQ	Females	8.67	0.862	Preclinical		N/A
AK-F2F MCQ	Males	8.00	0.862	Clinical		N/A

SAQ- Short Answer Question; MCQ- Multiple Choice Answer Question; CK- Core Knowledge; AK- Applied Knowledge; Rec- Delivery of Lecture through Recorded Modalities
F2F- Face-to-face delivery of Lecture; IQR- Inter-Quartile Range (denoted in Brackets) Statistical Test: Mann Whitney U Test

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