Table 2 .
MiniCEX Results
| Pair | Medical interview | Physical interview | Counselling and communication skills | Clinical judgment | Consideration of patient and professionalism | Organization and efficiency | Clinical competence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | LFS | HFS | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Mode | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4/5 | 3 | 4/5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Median | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p-value | 0.07 | 0.69 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.004 | 0.002 | |||||||||
| Z-statistic* | −1.999 | −0.816 | −2.972 | −3.035 | −2.804 | −2.810 | −2.889 | |||||||||
| Effect size | 0.378 | 0.154 | 0.562 | 0.574 | 0.530 | 0.531 | 0.546 | |||||||||
| Cohen’s d criterion | Medium | Small | Large | Large | Large | Large | Large | |||||||||
| χ2 test | 0.31 | 0.86 | <0.001 | 0.002 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
Note: Likert scale ratings: 0 = well below expectation, 1 = below expectation, 2 = borderline, 3 = meets expectation, 4 = above expectation, 5 = well above expectation.
*
Based on negative ranks.
MiniCEX = Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise; LFS = low-fidelity simulation (control group); HFS = high-fidelity simulation (intervention group).