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Table 2 DP values across school years

From: The development of a brief and objective method for evaluating moral sensitivity and reasoning in medical students

 

DP2

DP3

DP4

DP4.5

DP5

1st year (n = 50)

3.4 (5.4)

23.0 (17.9)*

20.8 (12.6)*

3.5 (6.0)

49.3 (18.2)

2nd year (n = 43)

3.0 (7.3)

17.4 (13.7)

15.6 (13.6)

5.1 (7.1)

51.2 (16.3)

3rd year (n = 49)

3.1 (6.0)

15.6 (13.6)

26.5 (15.9)

5.7 (7.9)

49.1 (16.3)

4th year (n = 52)

3.8 (6.7)

20.7 (15.3)

19.0 (10.4)

3.4 (6.3)

53.2 (17.0)

5th year (n = 47)

4.3 (6.5)

15.2 (13.5)

27.1 (12.5)

4.8 (8.1)

48.6 (15.2)

6th year (n = 51)

5.1 (7.0)

19.0 (13.2)

24.5 (14.1)

4.5 (7.1)

46.9 (16.9)

residents (n = 66)

2.3 (6.5)

14.8 (13.6)

27.0 (14.9)

6.2 (8.8)

49.7 (19.8)

 

[NS]

[p < 0.05]

[p < 0.01 ]

[NS]

[NS]

  1. Data are shown by mean percentage with standard deviation in parenthesis. DP3: F(6, 351) = 2.37, p < 0.05, DP4: F(6,351) = 2.98, p < 0.01 by one-way ANOVA. * indicates significant vs. 3rd year, 5th year, and residents by Tukey's test (p < 0.05)