Table 2 Comparison of participant characteristics between groups
Characteristic | Group A (viewed stereotype-consistent performances) | Group B (viewed stereotype-inconsistent performances) | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex: | Frequency | p (chi sq.) | |
Male | 40 (51%) | 29 (37%) | 0.078 |
Female | 39 (49%) | 50 (63%) | |
Clinical speciality: | |||
Anaesthetics | 7 | 2 | 0.09 (Fisher exact) |
Diagnostic specialities | 5 | 2 | |
Hospital medicine | 24 | 31 | |
Surgery | 10 | 4 | |
Emergency medicine | 3 | 0 | |
Child health | 3 | 7 | |
Women’s health | 2 | 7 | |
General practice | 15 | 17 | |
Psychiatry | 4 | 3 | |
Non-hospital medical specialities | 1 | 0 | |
Public health | 0 | 1 | |
Other | 6 | 5 | |
Medical school: | |||
A | 5 | 13 | 0.15 |
B | 20 | 21 | |
C | 9 | 4 | |
D | 10 | 12 | |
Others | 34 | 26 | |
Participant ethnicity: | |||
White | 61 | 66 | 0.11 (Fisher exact) |
Indian subcontinent | 11 | 7 | |
Other minority ethnicity | 6 | 1 | |
Prefer not to say | 2 | 5 | |
Median | p (Mann-Whitney U) | ||
Year of qualification | 1995 | 1992 | 0.75 |
Years examining OSCEs | 5 | 5 | 0.47 |
OSCEs/year | 2 | 2 | 0.79 |