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

Table 3. Faculty expectations compared with post-clerkship student comfort. Shading indicates higher student comfort.

Faculty Post P-Value *
N Mean Std. Dev. N Mean Std. Dev.
Comprehensive History & Physical Exam 114 4.04 0.70 532 4.30 0.53 0.002
Listening Effectively 113 4.33 0.67 533 4.59 0.52 0.002
Eliciting Patient Expectations 113 3.89 0.79 530 4.42 0.57 0.002
Constructing a List of Diagnoses 114 3.59 0.73 530 4.01 0.57 0.002
Recognize abnormal vital signs 112 3.76 0.81 532 4.23 0.65 0.002
Necessity/Urgency of Diagnostic Studies 113 3.12 0.72 530 3.95 0.65 0.002
Planning Therapeutic Interventions 113 3.00 0.74 531 3.83 0.62 0.002
Ordering Medications Correctly 112 2.73 1.04 533 2.90 0.96 0.207
Pharmacologic Knowledge 113 3.33 0.87 530 3.38 0.92 1.000
Asking about Allergies 114 4.27 0.92 533 4.33 0.84 1.000
Performing Procedures 113 2.81 0.93 532 4.00 0.84 0.002
Understanding Available Resources 113 2.54 0.95 531 3.77 0.83 0.002
Multi-tasking 113 3.29 0.94 531 4.11 0.69 0.002
Using Ultrasound 113 2.47 0.97 531 3.83 0.78 0.002
Establishing Rapport with Patients 113 4.05 0.64 533 4.66 0.52 0.002
Demonstrating Empathy 112 4.38 0.63 529 4.62 0.56 0.002
Demonstrating Caring Behavior 113 4.35 0.61 527 4.66 0.53 0.002
Participate in Peer Teaching 112 2.81 1.07 527 4.08 0.72 0.002
Navigating Health Care System 114 2.25 0.92 530 3.72 0.82 0.002
Using Electronic Health Record 113 3.05 1.07 525 4.17 0.75 0.002
Computer Physician Order Entry 112 2.70 1.19 526 3.35 1.15 0.002
Participating as part of a Team 113 3.71 0.80 530 4.28 0.66 0.002
*

P-value has been adjusted using the Stepdown Bonferroni Method