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. 2018 Sep 13;7:212. [Version 1] doi: 10.15694/mep.2018.0000212.1

Table 2. Difference between student comfort pre and post-clerkship.

Pre-Clerkship Post-Clerkship P-value *
N Mean Std Dev. N Mean Std Dev.
Comprehensive History & Physical Exam 606 3.94 0.61 532 4.30 0.53 0.002
Listening Effectively 607 4.39 0.63 533 4.59 0.52 0.002
Eliciting Patient Expectations 606 4.18 0.62 530 4.42 0.57 0.002
Constructing a List of Diagnoses 608 3.45 0.67 530 4.01 0.57 0.002
Recognize abnormal vital signs 605 3.69 0.77 532 4.23 0.65 0.002
Necessity/Urgency of Diagnostic Studies 606 3.27 0.76 530 3.95 0.65 0.002
Planning Therapeutic Interventions 604 3.23 0.69 531 3.83 0.62 0.002
Ordering Medications Correctly 607 2.10 0.87 533 2.90 0.96 0.002
Pharmacologic Knowledge 608 2.86 0.93 530 3.38 0.92 0.002
Asking about Allergies 606 3.93 0.97 533 4.33 0.84 0.002
Performing Procedures 605 3.20 1.06 532 4.00 0.84 0.002
Understanding Available Resources 607 3.28 0.92 531 3.77 0.83 0.002
Multi-tasking 608 3.56 0.83 531 4.11 0.69 0.002
Using Ultrasound 608 3.13 0.90 531 3.83 0.78 0.002
Establishing Rapport with Patients 607 4.41 0.63 533 4.66 0.52 0.002
Demonstrating Empathy 597 4.47 0.66 529 4.62 0.56 0.002
Demonstrating Caring Behavior 600 4.50 0.62 527 4.66 0.53 0.002
Participate in Peer Teaching 599 3.75 0.80 527 4.08 0.72 0.002
Navigating Health Care System 594 3.15 0.84 530 3.72 0.82 0.002
Using Electronic Health Record 600 3.87 0.82 525 4.17 0.75 0.002
Computer Physician Order Entry 598 2.60 1.18 526 3.35 1.15 0.002
Participating as part of a Team 598 3.85 0.80 530 4.28 0.66 0.002
*

P-value has been adjusted using the Stepdown Bonferroni Method