LEGENDS TO FIGURES Figure 1: Box plot for the quiz (Panel A), NBME (Panel B), and final grades (Panel C) scores. The Mean is expressed by a cross (x), while the median is the central line. Outliers are represented by small circles (o)
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Figure 2: Panel A, a correlation between Quiz and NBME scores of group A (2022), Quiz on the x-axis and NBME score on the y-axis.
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Panel B, a correlation between Quiz and NBME scores of group B (2023), Quiz on the x-axis and NBME score on the y-axis.
Table1: Summary of results, Class of 2022 and 2023
Variable
True Pandemic Phase Group (Class of 2022) July 2020- June 2021 (n=134)
Control Phase Group (Class of 2023) July 2021- June 2022 (n=147)
Difference
Quiz score
74.97 + 8.11
70.00 + 8.60
*p = < 0.001
NBME score
80.35 + 7.09
78.58 + 7.10
*p = 0.03
Final grade score
90.46 + 3.01
90.64 + 2.49
p = 0.58
The Pediatric clerkship is a 6-week rotation. Annually, there are eight blocks of a 6-weeks rotation.
The number of students varies during each block (ranging from 14-22).
n = number of students (including all eight blocks)
Scores are displayed as the Mean + Standard deviation
NBME- National Board of Medical Examiners
*p < 0.05 is set as statistically significant
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