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. 2009 Aug 5;14:9. doi: 10.3885/meo.2009.T0000137

Table 3.

Correlation Coefficients§ of DOCS Measures with Clerkship Measures

Clerkship Measures

Mean Faculty Rating Mean Resident Rating Written Exam Score Summary Clinical Rating Final Grade





DOCS measures Correlation Coefficient P-value Correlation Coefficient P-value Correlation Coefficient P-value Correlation Coefficient P-value Correlation Coefficient P-value
Global Rating: Interviewing/ Communication (N = 50) 0.11 0.47 0.07 0.62 0.03 0.83 0.06 0.65 0.21 0.14
Global Rating: Physical Examination (N = 55) 0.36 0.01 0.29 0.03 −0.03 0.80 0.37 0.0005 0.37 0.006
Global Rating: Oral Presentation (N = 56) 0.31 0.02 0.03 0.84 0.03 0.80 0.20 0.13 0.29 0.03
Summary Global Rating (N = 45) 0.33 0.02 0.13 0.38 0.08 0.60 0.26 0.09 0.34 0.02
Checklist Skills Score (0,1)*(N = 54) 0.23 0.09 0.40 0.002 −0.03 0.82 0.30 0.03 0.23 0.09

§assessed by the Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

*0 = at least one skill marked ‘NO’; 1 = all skills marked ‘YES’.