The pediatric rheumatology objective structured clinical examination: progressing from a homegrown effort toward a reliable and valid national formative assessment

Table 5 Comparison of mean overall performance scores by training year using student’s t-test

PROSCE Year	Training Year	Mean Overall Performance Score^a	SD	Comparison	p value
2009	1 (n = 8)	2.69	0.40	Years 1 to 2	0.125
	2 (n = 8)	2.95	0.43	Years 2 to 3	0.134
	3+ (n = 6)	3.19	0.30	Years 1 to 3	0.016
2011	1 (n = 9)	2.82	0.48	Years 1 to 2	0.056
	2 (n = 5)	3.22	0.25	Years 2 to 3	0.460
	3 (n = 5)	3.24	0.39	Years 1 to 3	0.074

^a2009 VAS scores (0–100) from poor and excellent were scaled to 2011 five-point scale from 0-poor, novice, intermediate, advanced, expert-4

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