Table 2.

Results of theory and skills assessment

	Number of subjects	Theoretical Assessment Scores	Skills Assessment Scores	Self-directed learning ability scores	Critical Thinking Skills Scores
Control group	45	41.94 ± 3.11	41.82 ± 3.54	102.65 ± 4.82	231.49 ± 10.73
Observation group	45	45.62 ± 2.83	46.76 ± 2.68	113.76 ± 4.31	239.38 ± 8.52
t-value		3.56	3.97	4.75	4.14
p-value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001