Table 2.
Intercorrelations of knowledge, diagnostic activities, and diagnostic success measures
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Conceptual knowledge | – | ||||||
| 2. Strategic knowledge | 0.55*** | – | |||||
| 3. Hypothesis generation | 0.00 | − 0.07 | – | ||||
| 4. Evidence generation | 0.31** | 0.47*** | − 0.02 | – | |||
| 5. Evidence evaluation | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.11 | – | ||
| 6. Comprehensive diagnostic score | 0.36*** | 0.41*** | 0.30** | 0.42*** | 0.35*** | – | |
| 7. Diagnostic accuracy | 0.23* | 0.21* | 0.41*** | 0.22* | 0.18 | 0.76*** | – |
Two-tailed Pearson correlations. Note that the scores for hypothesis generation, evidence generation, evidence evaluation, the comprehensive diagnostic score, and diagnostic accuracy were aggregated over four virtual patients
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001