Table 2 Mean competence scores of study participants in percentage by school type
From: Assessment of clinical competence of graduating medical students and associated factors in Ethiopia
Skill station | Number of items | Cronbach’s alpha | Public school mean score, (SD) a | Private school mean score, (SD) b | Mean score difference (c = a - b) | p-value (t-test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Focused history taking | 5 | 0.78 | 69.2 (14.5) | 56.8 (9.9) | 12.4 | < 0.001 |
Precordium examination | 5 | 0.87 | 74.5 (16.5) | 67.7 (9.5) | 6.8 | 0.002 |
Interpreting chest x-ray & complete blood count for TB case | 4 | 0.64 | 78.6 (13.7) | 75.3 (15.5) | 3.2 | 0.235 |
Patient education & counseling for DM case | 7 | 0.89 | 73.7 (14.1) | 79.7 (11.4) | −6.0 | 0.03 |
Prescribing medications for malaria case | 4 | 0.62 | 71.2 (16.3) | 85.0 (12.7) | −13.8 | < 0.001 |
Conduct Leopold’s maneuver | 6 | 0.81 | 70.0 (17.1) | 65.0 (12.7) | 5.0 | 0.126 |
MVA for incomplete abortion | 7 | 0.86 | 61.8 (17.8) | 66.2 (12.1) | −4.4 | 0.093 |
Managing childbirth | 5 | 0.78 | 65.5 (16.0) | 68.4 (17.4) | −2.9 | 0.361 |
Wound suturing | 5 | 0.86 | 74.0 (17.7) | 80.0 (11.6) | −6.0 | 0.020 |
Emergency response for a polytrauma | 5 | 0.77 | 74.8 (13.6) | 75.7 (15.5) | −0.9 | 0.759 |
Obtaining consent for hernia repair | 5 | 0.77 | 82.8 (16.3) | 71.9 (10.5) | 10.9 | < 0.001 |
Performing LP | 6 | 0.87 | 63.5 (20.4) | 69.0 (9.3) | −5.5 | 0.156 |
Composite mean score | 64 | 0.79 | 71.6 (7.80 | 71.7 (4.8) | −0.1 | 0.928 |