TABLE 3.

Summary results of Wilcoxon signed-rank test for main measures by sex groups between the beginning (week 1) and the end (week 17) of attending a course on medical semiotics.

Study groups	Diff.	p	r
JSE-S
Male group	+8	<0.001	0.51
Female group	+4	<0.001	0.45
Mind’s eye
Male group	+1	0.03	0.24
Female group	+3	<0.001	0.30
Third ear
Male group	+5.5	<0.001	0.58
Female group	+3	<0.001	0.39
JSAPNC
Male group	+1	0.36	–
Female group	+0.5	0.04	0.16
JeffSPLL-MS
Male group	+0.5	0.27	–
Female group	0	0.49	–

JSE-S, Jefferson Scale of Empathy S-Version; JSAPNC, Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration; JeffSPLL-MS, MS-Version of the Jefferson Scale of Physicians Lifelong Learning; Diff., Median difference between the beginning (week 1) and the end (week 17) of the study according to the formula: Diff = Mdn_week17 – Mdn_week1; p, p-Value; r, effect size.