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. 2024 Oct 14;31(6):851–866. doi: 10.1007/s10140-024-02284-4

Table 5.

Test scores, stratified by specialty

Specialty
Score
(Percentage of correct answers)
Overall, N = 124a EM, N = 10a Ob/Gyn, N = 6a Radiology,
N = 108a
p-valueb Post-hoc
p-valuec
Post-hoc
q-valued

Total score

(% of 18 questions)

69.4%

[61.1 − 77.8%]

61.1%

[55.6 − 70.8%]

61.1%

[61.1 − 69.4%]

72.2%

[61.1 − 77.8%]

0.049

Radiology vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.151

Radiology vs. EM: 0.037

EM vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.867

Radiology vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.226

Radiology vs. EM: 0.111

EM vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.867

General knowledge

(% of 5 questions)

80.0%

[60.0 − 80.0%]

60.0%

[45.0 − 75.0%]

80.0%

[65.0 − 80.0%]

80.0%

[60.0 − 80.0%]

0.14 NA NA

Clinical decision making

(% of 13 questions)

69.2%

[59.6 − 76.9%]

61.5%

[55.8 − 69.2%]

57.7%

[53.8 − 67.3%]

69.2%

[61.5 − 76.9%]

0.059 NA NA

GI imaging

(% of 4 questions)

75.0%

[50.0 − 75.0%]

50.0%

[50.0% − 50.0%]

50.0%

[31.3 − 68.8%]

75.0%

[50.0 − 75.0%]

0.012

Radiology vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.137

Radiology vs. EM: 0.007

EM vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.608

Radiology vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.207

Radiology vs. EM: 0.022

EM vs. Ob/Gyn: 0.608

Trauma imaging

(% of 3 questions)

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

0.6 NA NA

Neuroradiology

(% of 3 questions)

66.7%

[33.3 − 66.7%]

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

50.0%

[33.3 − 66.7%]

66.7%

[33.3 − 66.7%]

0.3 NA NA

Cardiopulmonary imaging

(% of 3 questions)

66.7%

[66.7 − 100.0%]

66.7%

[66.7 − 91.7%]

66.7%

[66.7% − 66.7%]

66.7%

[66.7 − 100.0%]

0.3 NA NA

a: Median score% [25 − 75%]

b: Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test

c: Dunn’s post-hoc test

d: False Discovery Rate corrected

EM: Emergency medicine; GI: Gastrointestinal; IQR: Inter-quartile range; Ob/Gyn: Obstetrics and gynecology

D-RAD: Diagnostic radiology; E-RAD: Emergency radiology; GI: Gastrointestinal; IQR: Inter-quartile range; I-RAD: Interventional radiology; N-RAD: Neuroradiology