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Table 3 Competency results of 12 participants in training course

From: Analysis on external competency assessment for malaria microscopists in China

Participants

Codes

PD (%)

SI (%)a

PC (%)

TCL

Pre-assessment

Final assessment

Pre-assessment

Final assessment

Pre-assessment

Final assessment

Competency results

12

100

95

62

77

20

43

3

13

100

95

96

87

20

57

2

14

100

100

69

86

20

64

2

N

75

90

23

50

40

14

4

15

100

86

65

79

0

36

3

16

100

95

58

69

40

21

4

17

100

100

88

88

20

43

2

N

100

95

100

93

60

50

1

18

88

95

58

87

60

79

2

19

63

76

31

60

0

29

4

20

88

90

23

70

20

36

3

21

88

95

23

82

40

36

3

Average

 

92

93

58

77

28

42

–

95% confidence interval

 Lower

 

84

8

40

69

16

31

–

 Upper

 

100

97

76

86

41

54

  1. PD, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite detection; SI, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for species identification; PC, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite counting; TCL, competency level in training course; Pre, pre assessment; Fin, final assessment; Codes, each code represented one province; N, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases
  2. aThe scores increasing great significantly at 0.01 level