Table 2. Final grades analysis of students in both MED and PREMED tracks
Year/grade Cohorts 1+2 (2013-2014) p-value Cohort 3 (2015) p-value
Pre-med (N=29) Med (N=167)   Pre-med (N=36) Pre-med (N=92)
Year 1 Median (Min- max) Mean (SD) 90.5 (78.9-96.4) 89.91 (4.11) 86.9 (73.9-97.1) 86.73 (4.08) <0.01* 85.3 (74.7-93.0) 85.09 (4.31) 86.5 (78.1-95.1) 86.63 (3.73) 0.047
Mean Year 1-3 Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 85.4 (76.4-92.9) 85.63 (4.34) 84.2 (75.1-95.3) 84.36 (4.48) 0.159 82.7 (77.1-92.7) 83.17 (3.99) 83.8 (76.2-93.5) 84.21 (3.81) 0.171
Mean Year 4-6 Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 85.6 (81.4-91.2) 85.86 (2.85) 85.6 (79.5-94.1) 85.82 (2.98) 0.941 85.9 (81.8-93.3) 86.29 (2.70) 86.9 (80.2-93.2) 87.22 (2.79) 0.092
Internal Final exam Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 85.0 (73-94) 83.76 (5.55) 82.0 (71-95) 82.07 (5.21) 0.112 82.5 (69-92) 82.39 (5.11) 83.5 (74-93) 83.63 (4.52) 0.181
Pediatric Final exam Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 83.0 (72-89) 82.69 (3.89) 83.0 (74-92) 82.83 (3.57) 0.848 82 (73-90) 82.58 (3.67) 83 (73-92) 83.47 (3.92) 0.242
Surgery Final exam Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 78.0 (70-87) 78.41 (4.49) 78.0 (66-87) 77.85 (4.31) 0.518 77.5 (69-85) 77.65 (4.25) 77 (59-87) 77.61 (4.33) 0.967
Psychiatry Final exam Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 84.0 (76-92) 83.45 (4.26) 83.0 (71-92) 82.68 (4.19) 0.367 80 (76-86) 79.74 (2.66) 81.5 (70-92) 81.24 (4.50) 0.025*
Gynecology Final exam Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 81.0 (75-88) 81.45 (3.22) 81.0 (68-94) 81.12 (4.47) 0.709 83 (71-90) 82.74 (4.00) 82 (70-93) 82.17 (4.37) 0.525
Cumulative average Median (Min-max) Mean (SD) 85.2 (80.4-92.2) 85.75 (3.67) 85.0 (78.4-94.8) 84.98 (3.67) 0.30 84.3 (79.5-93.0) 84.42 (3.34) 85.1 (77.6-92.9) 85.39 (3.18) 0.130

*p < 0.05, T-Test used for all analyses

Int J Med Educ. 2022; 13:249-255; doi: 10.5116/ijme.62f6.10b6