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. 2020 Sep 18;20:317. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02240-z

Table 2.

Summary of GEE analysis results regarding the pre- and post-intervention SECC scores

Parameter Intercept Group (E vs. C) Time (Post vs. Pre) Interaction between groups by time
Variable B P B P B P B P
Basic biomedical Science 4.33 < .001 −0.10 .393 0.27 < .001 0.12 .054
General clinical skills 4.89 < .001 −0.23 .039 0.16 .001 0.24 < .001
Communication and teamwork capability 5.50 < .001 −0.20 .092 0.05 .323 0.22 .001
Critical thinking and Reasoning 4.55 < .001 −0.17 .192 0.29 < .001 0.19 .009
Caring 5.77 < .001 −0.37 .003 −0.04 .451 0.33 < .001
Ethics 6.09 < .001 −0.46 <.001 −0.12 .024 0.39 < .001
Accountability 5.75 < .001 −0.26 .035 0.03 .579 0.25 < .001
Life-long learning 5.26 < .001 −0.10 .480 0.14 .019 0.14 .073
Estimated competence after graduation 4.49 < .001 0.23 .139 0.37 < .001 −0.06 .526
Overall 5.29 < .001 −0.23 .020 0.09* .023 0.23 < .001

GEE Generalized estimating equation, SECC Self-Evaluated Core Competencies Scale, E Experimental group, C Control group; B indicates the estimated parameter derived from GEE analysis