Cutting too deep? Assessing the impact of a shorter surgery clerkship on students' clinical skills and knowledge.
The American Journal of Surgery(2014)
摘要
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the performance of students completing an 8-week versus a 6-week surgery clerkship on an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) clinical science surgery examination. METHODS: One hundred fifteen students from the 8-week clerkship and 99 from the 6-week clerkship were included. Performance on a summative OSCE was assessed using behaviorally anchored checklists. NBME exams were graded using the NBME's standard scaled scores. Results were compared using 2-tailed, independent-samples, unequal-variance t tests. RESULTS: Mean OSCE scores for the 8-week and 6-week curricula were not statistically different. Mean NBME scores also did not statistically differ. Six-week students performed significantly better in the specific OSCE subdomains of blood pressure, orthostatic blood pressure, rectal exam, and fecal occult blood test. CONCLUSIONS: Overall OSCE and NBME exam performance did not differ between 8-week and 6-week surgery clerkship students. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Surgery clerkship,Objective structured clinical examination,National Board of Medical Examiners
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