Table 3.
Comparison of 2019 and 2020 student results in the different sub-specialties
| Discipline | 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 | ||||||||
| Medicine | 280 | 285 | 7.275 | 7.492 | 0.768 | 0.921 | 0.0459 | 0.0546 | -3.036 | No | 548.43 | 0.003a) | -0.216 | -0.357 to -0.076 | 0.257 |
| Surgery | 280 | 285 | 7.376 | 7.354 | 0.851 | 0.934 | 0.0509 | 0.0553 | 0.298 | Yes | 563.00 | 0.766 | 0.022 | -0.125 to 0.170 | -0.025 |
| Psychiatry | 280 | 285 | 7.344 | 7.227 | 0.921 | 0.925 | 0.0550 | 0.0548 | 1.505 | Yes | 563.00 | 0.133 | 0.117 | -0.036 to 0.269 | -0.127 |
| Emergency medicine | 280 | 285 | 7.032 | 7.422 | 1.172 | 0.975 | 0.0701 | 0.0578 | -4.304 | Yes | 563.00 | <0.001b) | -0.390 | -0.568 to -0.212 | 0.363 |
| Obstetrics & gynecology | 280 | 285 | 7.440 | 7.521 | 1.056 | 1.012 | 0.0631 | 0.0600 | -0.934 | Yes | 563.00 | 0.351 | -0.081 | -0.252 to 0.090 | 0.078 |
| Primary care | 280 | 285 | 6.936 | 6.985 | 1.125 | 0.951 | 0.0672 | 0.0564 | -0.565 | No | 544.63 | 0.572 | -0.050 | -0.222 to 0.123 | 0.047 |
| Paediatrics | 280 | 285 | 7.501 | 7.438 | 0.958 | 0.793 | 0.0573 | 0.0470 | 0.858 | No | 540.44 | 0.391 | 0.064 | -0.082 to 0.209 | -0.072 |
SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of the mean; df, degrees of freedom; Sig., significance; CI, confidence interval.
a)
Significant at P<0.05 after correction for alpha inflation (Bonferroni correction).
b)
Significant at P<0.01 after correction for alpha inflation (Bonferroni correction).