Table 2.

Confidence of the final-year student cohort in 2009 as reported at the end of their first and sixth self-tests

Subjective self-evaluation of ability to perform calculations	Test 1 (start of year 3) n = 240	Test 6 (end of year 5) n = 178
Pooled responses: Poor-average	151 (63%)	60 (34%)
Pooled responses: Good-excellent	89 (37%)	118 (66%)

The proportion of the cohort responding that their ability to calculate was ‘excellent–good’ increased significantly between test periods 1 and 6 (P < 0.0001, Fisher's exact test; n = number of responders).