Table 3.

mMERIT scores by section comparing students who used section headings to structure their answers versus those who did not

a: Year 1 (2011–2012)
MERIT		Used section headings (N = 11)		No section headings (n = 142)
		Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Section 1	Personal learning	5.5	4.9–6.0	4.5	4.3–4.7
Section 2	Systems changes	5.3	4.7–5′8	4.4	4.2–4.6
Section 3	Incident importance	4.7	4.0–5.5	3.9	3.7–4.1
Overall Score		5.3	4.7–5.8	4.3	4.1–4.5
b: Year 3 (2013–2014)
MERIT		Used section headings (N = 142)		No section headings (n = 27)
		Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Section 1	Personal learning	5.7	5.6–5.8	4.4	3.9–4.9
Section 2	Systems changes	5.5	5.3–5.6	4.2	3.2–4.7
Section 3	Incident importance	5.4	5.3–5.6	3.8	3.3–4.3
Overall Score		5.5	5.4–5.7	4.0	3.6–4.5