Table 4.
Estimates for the Supplemental Multilevel Models Predicting Internal Medicine Subject Examination Scores
Coefficient | Standard error | p value | Interpretation | |
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Supplemental model 1 | ||||
Grand mean | 77.44 | 0.23 | < 0.01 | Grand mean for internal medicine subject examination scores |
Number of completed clerkships | 0.72 | 0.04 | < 0.01 | With each additional clerkship completed, predicted subject examination performance increases 0.72 points |
Step 1 score | 0.25 | 0.00 | < 0.01 | Each 10-point increase in Step 1 scores is associated with a 2.5-point increase in predicted subject examination performance |
Supplemental model 2 | ||||
Grand mean | 77.42 | 0.23 | < 0.01 | Grand mean for internal medicine subject examination scores |
Number of weeks of training | 0.11 | 0.00 | < 0.01 | With each 1-week increase in training time predicted subject examination performance increases 0.11 points |
Step 1 score | 0.25 | 0.00 | < 0.01 | Each 10-point increase in Step 1 scores is associated with a 2.5-point increase in predicted subject examination performance |