Table 4.

Asssociation and comparison of student and facilitator perspectives in EPCQ

		Students		Facilitators		Statistical evaluation – students and facilitators
Item	Classa	Meanb	Medianc	Meanb	Medianc	Type of analysis	Cramer's Vd	P-valuee
1	A	2.5 (0.98)	2 (2–3)	1.8 (0.68)	2 (1–2)	Association of stimulating seminars	0.29	0.17
2	A	1.7 (0.78)	2 (1–2)	1.5 (0.52)	1 (1–2)	Association of increased students' confidence	0.17	0.51
3	B	4.3 (0.91)	5 (4–5)	2.9 (1.0)	3 (2–4)	Comparison of experienced workload in the course	-----	<0.0001
4	A	1.7 (0.80)	2 (1–2)	1.9 (0.46)	2 (2–2)	Association of students' contribution	0.32	0.048
5	B	1.5 (0.68)	1 (1–2)	1,9 (0,80)	2(1–2)	Comparison of experienced demands on this course	-----	0.017
6	B	2.9 (1.2)	3 (2–4)	3.5 (1,5)	4 (2–5)	Comparison of expectations during this course	-----	0.15
7	A	2.2 (1.0)	2 (1–3)	1.7 (0.59)	2 (1–2)	Association of view on group talks	0.25	0.32
8	A	2.2 (0.78)	2 (2–3)	1.9 (0.88)	2 (1–2)	Association of EPC day structure	0.26	0.15
9	A	2.5 (1.1)	2 (2–3)	1.9 (0.88)	2 (1–2)	Association of EPC day tasks	0.22	0.45
10	A	2.2 (0.96)	2 (1–3)	1.7 (0.46)	2 (1–2)	Association of students understanding patients' feelings	0.34	0.030
11	A	1.4 (0.55)	1 (1–2)	1.5 (0.74)	1 (1–2)	Association of insight into medical profession	0.19	0.26
12	A	1.9 (0.84)	2 (1–2)	1.8 (0.56)	2 (1–2)	Association of students' influence	0.20	0.39
13	A	2.2 (1.1)	2 (1–3)	1.9 (0.64)	2 (1–2)	Association of feedback	0.25	0.31
14	C	1.9 (0.99)	2 (1–2)	2.1 (1.0)	2 (1–3)	-----	-----	-----
15	A	2.6 (1.1)	2 (2–3)	1.9 (0.46)	2 (2–2)	Association of training clinical skills	0.32	0.097
16	A	1.6 (0.85)	1 (1–2)	1.5 (0.52)	1 (1–2)	Association of listening to students	0.24	0.23
17	C	2.0 (0.85)	2 (1–3)	1.6 (0.74)	1 (1–2)	-----	-----	-----
18	C	1.5 (0.77)	1 (1–2)	1.9 (1.1)	2 (1–2)	-----	-----	-----
19	B	4,2 (0,87)	4.5 (3,5-5)	1,7 (0,98)	1 (1–2)	Comparison of usefulness of study guide	-----	<0.0001
20	A	1.7 (0.94)	1 (1–2)	1.3 (0.59)	1 (1–1)	Association of facilitators' effort	0.27	0.14
21	C	2.1 (0.85)	2 (1–2.5)	1.7 (1.1)	1 (1–2)	-----	-----	-----
22	A	2.7 (1.0)	3 (2–3)	1.9 (0.88)	2 (1–2)	Association of fruitful seminars	0.35	0.06
23	B	2,1 (0,90)	2 (1–3)	2,7 (1,1)	3 (2–3)	Comparison of encouragement from others	-----	0.016
24	A	1.7 (0.86)	2 (1–2)	1.5 (0.64)	1 (1–2)	Association of finding the course interesting	0.13	0.71
25	A	1.8 (0.87)	2 (1–2)	1.5 (0.52)	2 (1–2)	Association of training health experience	0.20	0.57
26	A	1.5 (0.91)	1 (1–2)	1.5 (0.74)	1 (1–2)	Association of well functioning small student group	0.21	0.52
27	A	2.0 (0.74)	2 (2–2)	1.9 (0.88)	2 (1–2)	Association of fulfilled course aim	0.27	0.25
28	C	1.7 (0.83)	2 (1–2)	1.5 (0.64)	1 (1–2)	-----	-----	-----

^a A = Students' and facilitators' items concerns identical or nearly identical aspects thus making statistical estimation of association with Cramer's V possible. B = Students and facilitators items estimated the same aspect but for themselves (for example tutor's workload versus student's workload) making comparison with Mann-Whitney's test possible. C = Students and facilitators items estimated different aspects making estimation of association and comparison unsuitable.

^b Mean (Standard deviation)

^c Median (Interquartile range)

^d For items of class A (identical items) association between students and facilitators response was estimated by Cramer's V index.

^e For items in class A p-value is based on chi-square to estimate if the corresponding Cramer's V is of interest. For items in class B (similar items) p-value represents comparison of students and facilitators with Mann-Whitney's test.