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Table 4 Within group differences in Correct Answers for Short and Multiple-Choice Questions according to Gender and Year of Clinical Training

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

Lecture Delivery

& Question Type

GLOBAL

GENDER

CLINICAL TRAINING

 

Median & IQR

p-value

Females Median & IQR

p-value

Males Median & IQR

p-value

Preclinical Median & IQR

p-value

Clinical Median & IQR

p-value

 

Rec SAQ

76.00

(66.00–84.00)

0.110

77.78

(68.00-86.17)

0.794

74.00

(61.00–80.00)

0.034

76.00

(68.00-86.67)

0.001

75.00

(64.00–82.00)

0.368

 

F2F SAQ

80.00

(64.00–88.00)

80.00

(64.00-88.08)

78.17

(64.25–87.67)

84.00

(73.33–86.59)

75.00

(58.00–84.00)

 

CK-REC SAQ

75.00

(62.50-90.91)

0.034

80.00

(65.00-93.33)

0.019

73.40

(60-38-86.20)

0.621

73.33

(55.21–86.59)

0.439

80.00

(66.67–93.33)

0.001

 

CK-F2F SAQ

80.00

(60.00–90.00)

76.47

(60.00–90.00)

79.20

(47.20-88.46)

84.61

(37.50-93.33)

79.00

(60.00-87.20)

 

AK-REC SAQ

75

(56.67–88.89)

0.043

76.47

(60.00–90.00)

0.330

72.20

(50.00- 88.22)

0.05

75.96

(35.85-92.00)

0.061

75.00

(61.54–85.71)

0.264

 

AK-F2F SAQ

80

(60.00-91.67)

75.00

(60.00-92.72)

80.0

(53.33- 90.00)

80.00 (48.75–91.67)

75.00

(60.36–90.20)

 

Rec MCQ

60.52

(52.63–68.42)

0.03

60.52

(52.63–72.36)

0.071

60.52

(46.05–67.10)

0.273

60.53

(52.63–68.42)

0.030

 

 N/A

 

F2F MCQ

72.72

(65.91–81.82)

72.72

(65.91–81.82)

72.73

(59.09–79.54)

72.72

(65.90-81.82)

  

CK-REC MCQ

69.23

(55.77–84.61)

0.148

73.07

(55.77–84.62)

0.239

69.23

(57.69–80.77)

0.465

69.23

(55.78–84.61)

0.148

 

 N/A

 

CK-F2F MCQ

80

(70.00–90.00)

80

(70.00–90.00)

80.00

(57.50–87.50)

80.00

(70.00–90.00)

  

AK-REC MCQ

40.62

(22.40-58.84)

0.658

41.67

(33.33-50.00)

0.723

33.33

(20.83–45.83)

0.713

33.33

(33.33-50.00)

0.659

 

 N/A

 

AK-F2F MCQ

31.25

(13.03–49.47)

33.3

(17.36–49.24)

20.00

(0.0–75.00)

0.00

(0.00-100.00)

  
  1. SAQ- Short Answer Question; MCQ- Multiple Choice Answer Question; CK- Core Knowledge; AK- Applied Knowledge; Rec- Delivery of Lecture through Recorded Modalities
  2. F2F- Face to face delivery of Lecture; IQR- Inter-Quartile Range (denoted in Brackets)
  3. Statistical Test: Related-Samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test