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Table 2 Student demography and preclinical performance as predictors for problems in clinical training

From: Predicting medical students who will have difficulty during their clinical training

 

n

Knowledge problem

Professionalism problem

Clinical skills problem

Fail year or EOY exam

 

N

Y

HR

95% CI

95% CI

p

HR

95% CI

95% CI

p

HR

95% CI

95% CI

p

HR

95% CI

95% CI

p

Age

 

560

1.05

0.96

1.15

0.25

1.11

1.00

1.24

0.05

0.98

0.89

1.08

0.70

1.13

1.00

1.28

0.02

Female Gender

229

332

0.69

0.48

0.99

0.04

0.29

0.17

0.51

<0.001

0.49

0.35

0.68

<0.001

0.50

0.27

0.93

0.15

European ethnicity

259

304

1.43

.99

2.07

0.06

1.13

0.67

1.90

0.65

1.18

0.84

1.67

0.33

1.03

0.56

1.90

0.93

Maori ethnicity

536

27

0.54

0.17

1.70

0.29

1.66

0.60

4.62

0.33

0.98

0.43

2.23

0.97

0.61

0.08

4.46

0.63

Asian ethnicity

359

204

0.88

0.60

1.28

0.50

1.03

0.60

1.75

0.93

0.84

0.59

1.21

0.36

0.90

0.47

1.70

0.78

Indian ethnicity

546

17

0.60

0.19

1.88

0.38

0.40

0.06

2.90

0.37

0.90

0.37

2.20

0.82

0.51

0.07

3.73

0.51

Other ethnicity

563

30

0.70

0.26

1.90

0.48

0.77

0.19

3.14

0.71

0.94

0.42

2.14

0.89

2.58

0.91

7.33

0.08

Entry pathway that did not require UMAT

396

165

2.00

1.40

2.88

<0.001

1.45

0.85

2.46

0.18

1.61

1.14

2.26

0.01

2.89

1.52

5.48

0.00

Graduate entry

461

100

0.85

0.51

1.43

0.55

0.84

0.40

1.75

0.64

0.46

0.25

0.85

0.01

0.65

0.23

1.85

0.42

Entry after first year at University

147

414

0.66

0.45

0.95

0.03

0.95

0.54

1.69

0.87

0.88

0.61

1.27

0.49

0.82

0.41

1.66

0.59

International student entering Y2

490

74

2.47

1.54

3.95

<0.001

0.98

0.50

1.92

0.95

3.19

1.97

5.18

<0.001

2.35

1.32

4.19

<0.01

International student entering Y4

539

25

4.93

2.11

11.49

<0.001

2.79

1.18

6.58

0.02

4.24

1.81

9.90

<0.01

3.11

1.26

7.70

0.01

UMAT paper 1 for each 10% change in mark

 

396

0.91

0.81

1.02

0.09

0.90

0.78

1.05

0.17

0.93

0.84

1.03

0.18

0.86

0.72

1.05

0.13

UMAT paper 2 for each 10% change in mark

 

396

0.94

0.86

1.04

0.21

0.88

0.77

0.99

0.03

0.90

0.83

0.98

0.01

0.85

0.72

1.02

0.15

UMAT paper 3 for each 10% change in mark

 

396

1.06

0.94

1.18

0.34

1.06

0.99

1.23

0.47

1.05

0.95

1.16

0.36

1.12

0.91

1.39

0.29

GPA

 

450

0.95

0.92

0.99

0.01

0.95

0.91

1.00

0.04

0.98

0.95

1.02

0.27

0.94

0.89

1.00

0.03

Fail or repeat exam in Y2

501

21

2.76

1.43

5.32

0.00

4.05

1.70

9.62

0.00

2.66

1.42

4.98

0.00

3.82

1.13

12.99

0.03

Fail or repeat exam in Y3

498

24

2.11

1.06

4.18

0.03

3.48

1.46

8.26

0.01

2.28

1.22

4.26

0.01

0.99

0.13

7.41

0.99

  1. UMAT Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences test, HSFY Health Sciences First Year, Int student International students, Y2 second year classes, Y4 fourth year classes, GPA Grade Point Average for HSFY marks. Pathways that do not require UMAT include international, Maori and Pacific students and allied health graduates
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