Table 3.
Univariate association of academic, clinical and overall performances WAM score using simple linear regression.
| Academic WAM | Clinical WAM | Overall WAM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | P-value | Mean (SD) | P-value | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 30 | 74.4 (5.2) | 0.646 | 88.1 (5.2) | 0.879 | 74.4 (5.1) | 0.610 | 
| Female | 207 | 74.9 (4.9) | 88.2 (5.1) | 74.9 (4.6) | |||
| Student cohort | |||||||
| 2017 entryπ | 161 | 74.5 (4.9) | 0.157 | 89.1 (5.1) | <0.001*** | 74.5 (4.5) | 0.128 | 
| 2018 entry | 76 | 75.5 (5.0) | 86.2 (4.6) | 75.5 (5.0) | |||
| Campus | |||||||
| Metropolitan | 126 | 74.4 (4.6) | 0.210 | 87.8 (5.3) | 0.198 | 74.1 (4.8) | 0.008** | 
| Outer metropolitan | 111 | 75.3 (5.4) | 88.6 (4.9) | 75.6 (4.4) | |||
| Admission category | |||||||
| Domestic | 195 | 75.2 (5.1) | 0.028* | 88.6 (5.1) | 0.020* | 75.3 (4.6) | 0.001** | 
| International | 42 | 73.3 (4.0) | 86.6 (5.1) | 72.8 (4.5) | |||
BN, Bachelor of Nursing; SD, Standard Deviation; WAM, Weighted Average Mark.
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.
p < 0.001.
2017 entry had no previous nursing qualification.