Table 5 Educational qualification-wise comparison of mean scores of candidates trained under MEDP study across different years
Year | 12th pass | Graduate and above | p-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | Mean score | % (n) | Mean score | ||||||||
KAP | DXRX | PVC | Total | KAP | DXRX | PVC | Total | ||||
2017 (pre-training) | |||||||||||
Fresh candidates | 46.06 (152) | 62.2 (4.98) | 53 (4.24) | 73.75 (2.95) | 60.85 (12.17) | 53.94 (178) | 63.25 (5.06) | 54.75 (4.38) | 74.5 (2.98) | 61.95 (12.39) | 0.44 |
2017 (post-training) | |||||||||||
Fresh candidates | 46.06 (152) | 85.13 (6.81) | 86.63 (6.93) | 85.25 (3.41) | 85.75 (17.15) | 53.94 (178) | 86.88 (6.95) | 88.5 (7.08) | 87.75 (3.51) | 87.7 (17.54) | 0.07 |
2018 (post-training) | |||||||||||
Fresh candidates | 3.7 (9) | 77.78 (6.22) | 68.33 (5.46) | 76.39 (3.05) | 73.72 (14.74) | 9.05 (22) | 84.63 (6.77) | 91.25 (7.3) | 87.5 (3.5) | 87.85 (17.57) | 0.05 |
2017 cohort | 33.74 (82) | 84.91 (6.79) | 88.66 (7.09) | 86.59 (3.46) | 86.74 (17.34) | 53.5 (130) | 88.37 (7.06) | 91.06 (7.28) | 88.85 (3.55) | 89.54 (17.90) | 0.24 |
2019 (post-training) | |||||||||||
Fresh candidates | 15.98 (66) | 95.51 (7.64) | 96.75 (7.74) | 99.17 (3.96) | 96.74 (19.34) | 43.83 (181) | 95.09 (7.60) | 96.66 (7.73) | 98.48 (3.93) | 96.4 (19.27) | 0.7 |
2017 cohort | 11.38 (47) | 92.55 (7.40) | 95.75 (7.65) | 95.75 (3.82) | 94.47 (18.89) | 28.81 (119) | 96.32 (7.70) | 97.27 (7.78) | 99.37 (3.97) | 97.31 (19.46) | 0.06 |