Table 1.

Graduate v Undergraduate performance in Examinations for Y1 and2 of the Medical Course QUB (2008 entry)

Group Statistics
	Graduate	N	Mean	Std. deviation	Std. Error Mean	P value
Bioscience exams Y1	no	220	68.51	7.12	0.48	0.03
	yes	15	72.58	5.33	1.38
Bioscience exams Y2	no	219	70.89	8.16	0.55	0.18
	yes	15	73.79	7.24	1.87
Three Clinical Exams(OSCE) Y1 and 2	no	219	74.5	7.42	0.50	0.03
	yes	15	78.82	6.95	1.80