Table 1.

Baseline of the students in the three groups

Group	Number of students ( n )	Sex ratio (male/female)	Age †	Theoretical test scores before the clerkship †
A (TBL + LBL)	41	22/19	21.4 ± 2.81*	83.9 ± 8.33*
B (LBL)	43	23/20	21.6 ± 2.25	84.2 ± 7.59
C (TBL)	43	21/22	22.0 ± 1.76	84.7 ± 6.97

*Compared with Groups B and C, P > 0.05, which means the differences between Group A and the other groups are insignificant.

^†Expressed as mean ± standard deviation.