Table 2.
Weekly quiz performance by academic block
| Topics/Weeks | Block 1 N = 40 |
Block 2 N = 40 |
Block 3 N = 37 |
Block 4 N = 39 |
P-value⁎ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | ||
| Acute Abdomen/Radiology | 7.5 (7, 8.5) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | .07 |
| Trauma/Burns | 6 (4.5, 7) | 6 (4, 7) | 6 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | .01 |
| Esophagus/Anorectal | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 8 (6, 9) | 8 (6, 9) | .03 |
| Colon/ Gallbladder | 7 (6, 7) | 7 (6.5, 8) | 7 (6, 9) | 7 (5, 8) | .23 |
| Small Bowel/HPB | 7 (6, 8) | 8 (6, 8.5) | 7 (6, 7) | 8 (6, 8) | .14 |
| Endocrine/Breast | 6 (5, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (5, 9) | 8 (7, 10) | <.001 |
| Wound/ICU | 8 (7, 9) | 8 (7, 9) | 8 (7, 9) | 9 (7, 10) | .07 |
| Anesthesia | 2 (2, 3) | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (2, 3) | 3 (1, 4) | .22 |
| Dermatology/Hernia | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (5, 9) | 7 (5, 8) | .12 |
| Urology/Pediatrics | 8 (6, 10) | 7 (6, 8.5) | 7 (6, 9) | 8 (6, 9) | .54 |
| ENT/Orthopedics | 6.5 (6, 7) | 6 (6, 7) | 7 (6, 8) | 4 (3, 8) | .27 |
| Cardiac/Vascular | 5 (4, 5) | 5 (5, 8) | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (5, 8) | .002 |
| Total Score | 67 (64, 69.5) | 77 (74.5, 80) | 76.5 (67, 89.5) | 83 (76, 85) | <.001 |
Academic year 2016–2017 did not include neurosurgery.
Weekly quiz performance stratified by academic block and overall performance noted with aggregate scoring.
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Kruskal-Wallis test used to compare topics between blocks.