Table 2.

Comparison of 2019 and 2020 student results by different domains of the marking rubric

Domain	N		Mean		SD		SEM		t-value	Equal variance assumed	df	Sig.	Mean difference	95% CI	Effect size
	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
Communication	280	285	7.618	7.569	0.621	0.571	0.0371	0.0338	0.971	Yes	563.00	0.332	0.049	-0.050 to 0.147	-0.082
Clinical history & background	280	285	7.090	7.147	0.866	0.691	0.0518	0.0409	-0.864	No	532.48	0.389	-0.057	-0.186 to 0.072	0.073
Medical knowledge	280	285	7.186	7.122	0.887	0.908	0.0530	0.0538	0.848	Yes	563.00	0.397	0.064	-0.084 to 0.212	-0.071
Physical examination	280	285	7.104	7.381	0.847	0.822	0.0506	0.0487	-3.947	Yes	563.00	<0.001a)	-0.277	-0.415 to -0.139	0.332
Interpretation	280	285	7.058	7.156	0.822	0.796	0.0491	0.0472	-1.445	Yes	563.00	0.149	0-.098	-0.232 to 0.035	0.121
Diagnosis & management	280	285	7.292	7.394	0.786	0.819	0.047	0.0485	-1.514	Yes	563.00	0.131	-0.102	-0.235 to 0.030	0.127

SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of the mean; df, degrees of freedom; Sig., significance; CI, confidence interval.

^a)Significant at P<0.001 after correction for alpha inflation (Bonferroni correction).