Table 1.

Analysis of final examination and iRAT scores in an Infectious Disease Course for the full class and students performing in the upper, middle, and lower 33rd percentiles on the final examination

Year 1 (n = 79)
	Exam	iRAT Overall	r	iRAT	iRAT	IRAT	iRAT
				week 1	week 2	week 3	week 4
Full Class
	86.56 (6.87)	7.74 (1.66)	0.2674**	7.23 (1.69)	8.39 (1.54)**	7.08 (1.78)	8.28 (1.14)**
Upper 33%
	92.75 (1.46)	8.10 (1.41)	0.0211	7.42 (1.79)	8.88 (1.07)**	7.69 (1.19)	8.38 (1.06)*
Middle 33%
	88.12 (1.62)	7.74 (1.56)	0.1276	7.26 (1.43)	8.56 (1.21)**	6.89 (1.69)	8.26 (1.29)*
Lower 33%
	78.76 (6.06)	7.39 (1.91)	0.3552**	7.00 (1.85)	7.73 (2.01)	6.65 (2.21)	8.19 (1.09)*
Year 2 (n = 86)
	Exam	iRAT Overall	r	iRAT	iRAT	IRAT	iRAT
				week 1	week 2	week 3	week 4
Full Class
	83.40 (7.71)	7.16 (1.83)	0.3289**	6.21 (1.93)	7.37 (1.74)**	6.74 (1.67)	8.32 (1.21)**
Upper 33%
	91.76 (2.37)	7.82 (1.66)	0.2236*	6.96 (1.84)	8.00 (1.59)*	7.61 (1.42)	8.71 (1.30)**
Middle 33%
	84.03 (2.36)	7.13 (1.83)	0.0511	5.79 (2.13)	7.63 (1.38)**	6.80 (1.63)	8.27 (1.08)**
Lower 33%
	74.37 (4.25)	6.54 (1.80)	0.2518**	5.89 (1.64)	6.46 (1.91)	5.78 (1.50)	8.00 (1.18)**
Year 3 (n = 95)
	Exam	iRAT Overall	r	iRAT	iRAT	IRAT	iRAT
				week 1	week 2	week 3	week 4
Full Class
	85.39 (6.73)	8.02 (1.59)	0.3994**	7.29 (1.55)	8.60 (1.21)**	7.46 (1.84)	8.76 (1.08)**
Upper 33%
	92.42 (2.16)	8.70 (1.29)	0.0957	7.71 (1.39)	9.32 (0.79)**	8.48 (1.29)*	9.29 (0.90)**
Middle 33%
	86.22 (1.84)	8.08 (1.45)	0.0703	7.16 (1.53)	8.71 (1.07)**	7.71 (1.57)	8.74 (0.93)**
Lower 33%
	77.55 (3.94)	7.31 (1.69)	0.2864**	7.00 (1.69)	7.77 (1.20)	6.19 (1.87)	8.26 (1.18)**

Data is presented as Average (Standard Deviation)

r = Pearson correlation coefficient comparing final examination and iRAT scores; * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

Statistically significant differences as compared to week 1 iRAT scores are presented as *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01