Learner perception of oral and written examinations in an international medical training program

Table 2 Rank preferences by type of examination: usefulness in assessing fund of knowledge and clinical ability (1 = most useful and 4 = least useful)

	Structured oral exam	Multiple-choice exam	Semi-structured oral exam	Essay exam	p value
Fund of knowledge^a	1.55^b	2.68	2.77	3.00	p < 0.01
Clinical ability^c	1.61^b	2.73	2.57	3.00	p < 0.01

^aMissing data: 2 of the 24 respondents did not respond to this question
^bOral pre-test ranked significantly higher than the other three exams on both measures: fund of knowledge and clinical abilities. No other significant pairwise comparisons found
^cMissing data: 1 of the 24 respondents did not respond to this question

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