Table 2. The Correlations between the clinical examinations and the written papers in each year.
| tLCE/OSCE | tLCE/EOPMCQ | OSCE/EOPMCQ | tLCE /Essay | OSCE/Essay | tLCE/FMCQ | OSCE/FMCQ | tLCE/TWP | OSCE/TWP | ||
| Pearson’s | .378* | .099 | .072* | .354* | .524 | .323* | .520* | .342* | .491* | |
| P- value | .000 | .138 | .000 | .000 | .022 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2012 | N | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 |
| 2013 | Pearson’s | .375* | 381* | .548* | .427* | .518* | .250 | .422* | .457* | .635* |
| P-value | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .003 | .000 | .002 | .000 | .000 | |
| N | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | |
| 2014 | Pearson’s | .501* | .193* | 244* | .330* | .440* | .244 | .343* | .382* | .462* |
| P-value | .000 | .000 | .000 | .001 | .004 | .020 | .000 | .000 | .014 | |
| N | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | |
| 2015 | Pearson’s | .329* | .090 | .286* | .423* | .319* | .494 | .672* | .273* | .472* |
| P-value | .000 | .021 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .090 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| N | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 174 | |
| TOTAL | Pearson’s | .374* | .178 | .338* | .495* | .539* | .168* | .408* | .346* | .523* |
| P-value | .000 | .022 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .004 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| N | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | |
| EOPMCQ- End of posting MCQFMCQ- Final year MCQ *- statistically significantPearson’s- Pearson’s correlation co efficient | ||||||||||