| Cohort | Linear regression | Quantile Regression | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| q=0.1 | q=0.25 | q=0.5 | q=0.75 | q=0.9 | q=0.95 | ||||
| Cohorts 1+2 (2014-2013) | Year 1 | 3.06** | 2.74 | 3.07** | 2.45** | 3.60** | 1.68 | 1.10 | p=0.001 |
| Year 1-3 (mean) | 1.09 | 0.40 | 2.00 | 0.95 | 2.00 | 0.51 | -0.84 | p=0.217 | |
| Year 4-6 (mean) | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.36 | -0.43 | 0.37 | -0.27 | -0.74 | p=0.225 | |
| Year 1-6 (mean) | 0.64 | 0.40 | 1.00 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 0.31 | -0.78 | p=0.247 | |
| Internal Final exam | 1.69 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 2.33 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0.67 | p=0.008 | |
| Pediatric Final exam | -0.31 | 0.00 | 0.33 | -1.00 | -0.83 | 0.25 | -1.00 | p=0.171 | |
| Surgery Final exam | 0.51 | -0.29 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 1.67 | p=0.223 | |
| Psychiatry Final exam | 0.99 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 1.00 | -0.67 | p=0.335 | |
| Gynecology Final exam | 0.23 | 1.57 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.00 | -1.00 | -1.33 | p=0.596 | |
| Cohort 3 (2015) | Year 1 | -1.15 | -1.87 | -1.40 | -0.60 | -0.90 | 0.07 | 0.07 | p=0.073 |
| Year 1-3 (mean) | -0.98 | -1.60 | -0.48 | -1.10 | -1.50 | -0.90 | -1.22 | p=0.334 | |
| Year 4-6 (mean) | -1.25* | -0.90 | -1.50 | -1.30 | -1.85 | -1.50 | -0.57 | p=0.103 | |
| Year 1-6 (mean) | -1.06 | -1.39* | -0.60 | -0.70 | -1.80 | -0.20 | -1.00 | p=0.332 | |
| Internal Final exam | -2.02* | -2.67 | -2.57 | -2.20 | -3.00* | 0.00 | -0.50 | p=0.064 | |
| Pediatric Final exam | -1.10 | 0.00 | -0.75 | -1.00 | -1.50 | -1.00 | -1.00 | p=0.291 | |
| Surgery Final exam | -1.10 | 0.00 | -1.40 | 0.38 | -0.67 | 1.00 | -1.67* | p=0.223 | |
| Psychiatry Final exam | -1.38 | 2.13 | -0.40 | -1.00 | -4.00** | -5.50** | -6.00** | p=0.335 | |
| Gynecology Final exam | 0.34 | 1.45 | 0.67 | 1.17 | 0.00 | -2.00 | -1.00 | p=0.330 | |
*p-value<0.05, **p-value<0.01. Multivariate and quantile regression adjusted for age and gender. PREMED is the dummy variable obtaining value 1 if the student is in PREMED track, and 0 if in the MED track, all values presented as PREMED-MED.
Int J Med Educ. 2022; 13:249-255; doi: 10.5116/ijme.62f6.10b6