Factors influencing the approaches to studying of preclinical and clinical students and postgraduate trainees

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Table 1 The scores of each group for each approach

Approach		Deep Approach	Surface Apathetic Approach	Strategic approach
Group
Pre-clinical	Median	62.00	47.00	67.00
N = 187	Minimum	41	15	39
	Maximum	77	72	82
Clinical	Median	57.00	52.00	58.50
N = 124	Minimum	16	16	17
	Maximum	82	72	81
Post graduate in training	Median	62.00	50.00	64.00
N = 53	Minimum	46	26	49
	Maximum	78	70	81
	Chi-square	32.794	15.643	66.617
Kruskal Wallis test	df	2	2	2
	Sig.	.000	.000	.000
Significance	Pre-clinical Vs. Clinical	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Clinical Vs. PG	P < 0.001	P = 0.105	P < 0.001
	Pre-clinical Vs PG	P = 0.669	P = 0.075	P = 0.03

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