Table 5.
Comparison of the results of students with limited clinical experience in the training group and students with more than one year of clinical experience in the control group.
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| Clinical apprenticeship > 1 year (n = 23) | 1.71 | 1.01–1.98 | 0.13 | 1.18 | 0.84–2.12 | 0.001 |
| Limited clinical apprenticeship (n = 25) | 1.29 | 0.83–1.67 | 2.14 | 1.88–2.5 | ||
| SPIKES | ||||||
| Clinical apprenticeship > 1 year (n = 23) | 10 | 9.5–12 | 0.049 | 11 | 8–13 | 0.34 |
| Limited clinical apprenticeship (n = 25) | 8 | 7–11 | 12 | 10–13 | ||
| mBAS | ||||||
| Clinical apprenticeship > 1 year (n = 23) | 15 | 13–18 | 0.02 | 15 | 13–17 | 0.4 |
| Limited clinical apprenticeship (n = 25) | 17 | 17–19 | 14 | 12–16 | ||
IQR, interquartile range; SPIKES, Setting, Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Emotions and Summary; mBAS, modified Breaking Bad News Assessment Schedule.
1
Mann-Whitney U test.