The impact of a dedicated training program for oral examiners at a medical school in Germany: a survey among participants from operative and non-operative disciplines

Table 3 Differences between operative and non-operative disciplines in evaluation of examiner trainings, concerning further effects of the trainings

Item	Professional discipline	N	Mean	SD	p-value	T	df	Mean difference
The training improved my competence in grading	Operative	28	2.21	0.83
The training improved my competence in grading	Non-operative	34	2.94	1.48	0.02	-2.44	54	-0.73
By the training my grading has become more critical	Operative	28	2.43	1.23
By the training my grading has become more critical	Non-operative	33	3.39	1.46	0.01	-2.81	59	-0.97
The training contributed to improvements in my departement (referring to oral examinations)	Operative	26	2.19	0.80
	Non-operative	33	3.00	1.46	0.01	-2.71	52	-0.81

Scale of measurement: 1 = applicable till 6 = not applicable; T T-score, df degree of freedom, SD standard deviation; total n = 59-62 participants.

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