Mean scores in the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology course by grade category in the General Pathology course, year, and examination format
| General Pathology | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of students | Short-Answer | Multiple-Choice | Overall | |||||
| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2004–05 Mean ±SE | 2005–06 Mean ±SE | 2004–05† Mean ±SE | 2005–06 Mean ±SE | 2004–05† Mean ±SE | 2005–06 Mean ±SE | |
| *2005–06 significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) from 2004–05. | ||||||||
| †Retrospectively corrected for guessing. | ||||||||
| A | 13 | 7 | 92.7 ±1.2 | 92.1 ±1.1 | 91.3 ±0.5 | 91.9 ±1.2 | 92.0 ±0.7 | 92.0 ±1.0 |
| B | 37 | 35 | 85.9 ±1.0 | 86.7 ±0.8 | 84.9 ±0.8 | 85.7 ±0.8 | 85.4 ±0.8 | 86.1 ±0.7 |
| C | 37 | 41 | 77.0 ±1.0 | 81.9 ±1.0* | 75.4 ±0.8 | 80.2 ±0.8* | 76.2 ±0.8 | 81.0 ±0.8* |
| F | 1 | 0 | 58 | 60.6 | 59.3 | |||