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Flow diagram of the allocation of participants. CC, critical care; CC1, end-of-semester exam after the first semester of CC; CC3, end-of-semester exam after the third semester of CC.Comparison of 4 measured components between the CC1 and CC3 groupsValues are presented as mean±standard deviation, unless otherwise stated. Only the compression depth increased significantly over the 2 semesters of CC courses.CC, critical care; CC1, end-of-semester exam after the first semester of CC; CC3, end-of-semester exam after the third semester of CC.The relative frequency (first value in %) of students in the CC1 and CC3 groups who executed 4, 3, 2, 1, or 0 parameters correctly during CPR (each number expresses an arbitrary combination of 4 tested CPR components)Values in ( ) are the expected cell totals in % if the null hypothesis was valid (normalized to match % values in “row totals”), the numbers in [ ] are chi-square statistic summands, and their column-wise sums are the resulting values of the chi-square statistic confirming or rejecting the null hypothesis.CC, critical care; CC1, end-of-semester exam after the first semester of CC; CC3, end-of-semester exam after the third semester of CC; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Difference between the CC1 and CC3 groups at P<0.05 if the chi-square values are larger than 3.84.The relative frequency (% of the total number of students in the CC1 or the CC3 group) viewed as relative success rates in the tested components that were performed correctly by the given groups of studentsValues in ( ) are the expected cell totals in % if the null hypothesis was valid (normalized to match % values in “row totals”), the numbers in [ ] are chi-square statistic summands, and their column-wise sums are the resulting values of the chi-square statistic confirming or rejecting the null hypothesis.CC, critical care; CC1, end-of-semester exam after the first semester of CC; CC3, end-of-semester exam after the third semester of CC.Difference between the CC1 and CC3 groups at P<0.05 if the chi-square values are larger than 3.84.Comparison of measured components with the 2015 guidelines for resuscitationCC, critical care; CC1, end-of-semester exam after the first semester of CC; CC3, end-of-semester exam after the third semester of CC; SD, standard deviation.