Table 1b.
Weekly quiz performance by academic year
| Topics/Weeks | Overall N = 156 |
2015–2016 N = 79 |
2016–2017 N = 77 |
P-value⁎ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | ||
| Acute Abdomen/Radiology | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (7, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | .004 |
| Trauma/Burns | 6 (5, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | .48 |
| Esophagus/Anorectal | 7.5 (6, 9) | 8 (7, 9) | 7 (6, 8) | <.001 |
| Colon/Gallbladder | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 6 (5, 7) | <.001 |
| Small Bowel/HPB | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | .01 |
| Endocrine/Breast | 7 (5, 8) | 7 (5, 10) | 6 (5, 8) | .007 |
| Wound/ICU | 8 (7, 9) | 9 (8, 10) | 7 (6, 8) | <.001 |
| Anesthesia | 3 (2, 3) | 3 (2, 4) | 2 (1, 3) | <.001 |
| Dermatology/Hernia | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 6 (5, 7) | <.001 |
| Urology/Pediatrics | 8 (6, 9) | 6 (5, 8) | 9 (8, 9) | <.001 |
| ENT/Orthopedics | 6 (5, 8) | 6 (4, 7) | 6 (6, 8) | .15 |
| Cardiac/Vascular | 5 (5, 7) | 5 (5, 5) | 7 (5, 8) | <.001 |
| Total Score | 78 (73, 85) | 83 (75, 87) | 76.5 (69.5, 81) | <.001 |
Academic year 2016–2017 did not include neurosurgery.
Weekly quiz performance stratified by academic year and overall performance noted with aggregate scoring.
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Wilcoxon rank sum used to compare topics between academic years.