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Table 4 Student assessment of experience by rotation length

From: Medical students’ perceptions of an emergency medicine clerkship: an analysis of self-assessment surveys

 

Two-week post-test mean score

Four-week post-test mean score

P-value (t-test)*

I was involved in a sufficient variety of patient presentations and conditions to enhance my learning

4.24

4.58

0.02

I had sufficient opportunities for hands-on learning and practice

4.02

4.49

0.01

I had sufficient opportunities to demonstrate my abilities and what I learned

4.04

4.23

0.34

I had sufficient experiences in the clerkship to learn about the practice of Emergency Medicine

4.04

4.40

0.02

  1. *P-values calculated using two-tailed t-test for samples of equal variance.
  2. ^ Scored using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).