Table 2

The score of PC and search skills of medical (M)/dental (D) students by year of study

Year of study
M1
D1
M2
D2
M3
D3
M4
D4
M5
D5
M6
All D
All M

N
67
24
60
17
55
14
44
19
32
7
37
81
295
Mean score of PC skills (SD)
26.3 (9.8)
27.2 (8.8)
24.2 (9.5)
25.6 (10.8)
24.6 (9.5)
18.4 (9.3)
25.2 (9.7)
18.3 (9.4)
25.8 (8.6)
21.0 (9.4)
26.1 (10.1)
22.7 (9.9)
25.3 (9.5)
P
n.s.
n.s.
0.033

0.011

n.s.
--
0.000
--
t/df
-3.80/86
-.527/74
2.174/65
2.620/61
1.404/36

2.139/366














Mean score of search skills (SD)
19.0 (6.7)
18.7 (6.3)
17.4 (6.4)
13.7 (7.9)
17.3 (7.2)
16.1 (9.9)
19.3 (6.0)
13.2 (4.8)
19.2 (6.0)
13.1 (5.9)
20.6 (6.8)
15.4 (7.3)
18.7 (6.7)
P
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
0.000

0.023

--
0.033

t/df
.191/88
1.99/75
.528/66
3.793/60
2.365/37

3.774/371

Romanov and Aarnio BMC Medical Education 2006 6:28   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-6-28