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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Caridad A. Hernandez, Feroza Daroowalla, Jeffrey S. LaRochelle, Nadia Ismail, Kimberly M. Tartaglia, Mark J. Fagan, Michael Kisielewski, Katherine Walsh
Summary: There is significant variability in the assessments and weighting used to determine internal medicine clerkship grades in U.S. medical schools. The NBME MSE and clinical performance are the most commonly used assessments, with concerns about the impact on patient care learning. These findings highlight the challenge of comparing learners across institutions and the need to improve grading accuracy and comparability in the clinical environment.
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Genetics & Heredity
Tracey Weiler, Amalia Landa-Galindez
Summary: Advances in genetics have played a revolutionary role in disease surveillance and management. Understanding and applying genetic principles in clinical practice are increasingly important for medical students. Researchers developed an online, interactive, self-learning module/assessment to enhance students' proficiency in genetics. Results showed that medical students were able to recognize genetic red flags, draw pedigrees accurately, and interpret inheritance patterns correctly. Students believed that genetic proficiency would improve patient rapport and that they could apply what they had learned clinically. The module/assessment received positive feedback from students.
GENETICS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nilufer Alpay-Kanitez, Mert Yasli, Serra Kocak Algul
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internal medicine education and assesses the effectiveness of newly introduced educational methods. The results show that the post-pandemic group had slightly higher written exam scores compared to the pre-pandemic group, while there was no significant difference in OSCE exam grades. The study also suggests that video recordings can be used to achieve learning objectives for classical lectures. Although further research is needed, it is claimed that increasing the time spent in clinical practice can provide students with more experience.
PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
F. Cohen Aubart, T. Papo, A. Hertig, M-C Renaud, O. Steichen, Z. Amoura, M. Braun, O. Palombi, A. Duguet, D. Roux
Summary: SCT is a feasible option for evaluating undergraduate students, with scores correlating with those on MCQ tests. While most students find SCT more difficult than MCQ, there is no difference in average scores.
REVUE DE MEDECINE INTERNE
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Linda Ross, Eli Semaan, Cameron M. Gosling, Benjamin Fisk, Brendan Shannon
Summary: Clinical reasoning is a crucial cognitive process in healthcare professions, but assessing it has always been challenging. A cohort study using the Script Concordance Test (SCT) found that it is a reliable and effective tool to measure clinical reasoning in paramedic students. However, more research is needed to determine effective pedagogical techniques to enhance clinical reasoning in inexperienced students and novice paramedics.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Osamu Nomura, Taichi Itoh, Takaaki Mori, Takateru Ihara, Satoshi Tsuji, Nobuaki Inoue, Benoit Carriere
Summary: The study developed the Japanese version of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Script Concordance Test (Jpem-SCT) and confirmed its validity by collecting relevant evidence. The results showed that Jpem-SCT is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the development of clinical reasoning by trainee doctors during residency training.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Acoustics
Jason E. Lambrecht, Kang Zhang, David M. Tierney, Paul Millner, David Giovannini, Keith Barron, William Novak, Sanjay A. Patel, Renee Dversdal, Emily J. Cox, Charles M. LoPresti
Summary: POCUS is now an essential skill for internists, but there are currently no professional guidelines on how to teach this skill to medical students. A panel of POCUS experts from seven academic medical centers in the United States gathered to describe independently developed IM clerkship POCUS training programs and propose recommendations for alignment.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Jesse Burk-Rafel, Ilan Reinstein, Yoon Soo Park
Summary: Clustering techniques were used to identify groups of schools with similar grading systems in the internal medicine clerkship. Further research will explore grading approaches in other specialties and interview stakeholder groups on the identified patterns.
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Vamana Rajeswaran, Luke Devine, Edmund Lorens, Sumitra Robertson, Ella Huszti, Daniel M. Panisko
Summary: This study explores clinical reasoning and finds that clinical clerks successfully utilize both Type 1 and Type 2 reasoning. The study also suggests that Type 1 and Type 2 reasoning are distinct domains and correlates with other clinical clerkship assessments.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Dana Dunne, Katherine Gielissen, Martin Slade, Yoon Soo Park, Michael Green
Summary: A mobile assessment platform was used to evaluate clinical skills in IM clerkship students, with 9-11 observations needed to achieve a reliability index of 0.7. Note writing was found to be highly sensitive to case complexity. Further reliability analysis of core EPAs is recommended before wider adoption in US medical schools.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Catherine E. Read, Jovanna A. Tracz, Nour Mhaimeed, Rylie N. Mainville, Carrie A. Elzie
Summary: Different residency program websites in medical specialties vary in their use of gendered language and representation, which is correlated with gender representation within the specialty.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Petra Ferrari Pedrini, Christoph Berendonk, Anne Ehle Roussy, Luca Gabutti, Thomas Hugentobler, Lilian Kung, Franco Muggli, Florian Neubauer, Simon Ritter, Alexandre Ronga, Andreas Rothenbuhler, Monique Savopol, Hansueli Spath, Daniel Stricker, Daniel Widmer, Ulrich Stoller, Jurg Hans Beer
Summary: This study quantitatively assessed the difficulty of Helvetic questions compared to publicly available and unavailable MKSAP questions, and found that the availability of questions significantly influenced their difficulty and examination performance. Introducing confidential, high-quality Helvetic questions improved the validity of the board examination.
SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY
(2022)
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Surgery
Sophia K. McKinley, Emily E. Witt, Rachael C. Acker, Douglas J. Cassidy, Isra Hamdi, Arian Mansur, Arundhati Ghosh, Amy Evenson, Reza Askari, Emil Petrusa, Noelle Saillant, Roy Phitayakorn
Summary: This study aims to understand student perspectives on the surgery clerkship and their reflections on surgical learning, in order to improve the clerkship. Analysis of student responses revealed preclerkship motivations and concerns, as well as postclerkship reflections on surgical learning, providing intervention targets for enhancing the surgery clerkship.
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Cindy J. Lai, Irene Alexandraki, Nadia Ismail, Diane Levine, Chavon Onumah, Amber T. Pincavage, Jackcy Jacob, Melissa Osborn Jenkins, Amulya Nagarur, Michael Kisielewski, Nora Y. Osman
Summary: This study aimed to explore the strategies used by internal medicine clerkship directors to reduce inequities in assessment and grading, as well as the factors that affect the implementation of these strategies. A survey conducted among 137 US and US territory-based medical schools found variability in the application of evidence-based strategies to promote equity in assessment and grading within their internal medicine clerkships. Opportunities exist to adopt and optimize pro-equity grading strategies, including faculty development on implicit bias, education on writing narrative assessments that minimize bias, guidance to minimize bias in writing clerkship summaries, and the use of grading committees.
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Education & Educational Research
Martin V. Consunji, R. Jeffrey Kohlwes, Jennifer M. Babik
Summary: The study evaluated the educational impact of the longitudinal subspecialty clinic (LSC) program and identified best practices for successful implementation. Most residents and preceptors expressed high satisfaction with the LSC experience and noted its effectiveness in facilitating career exploration, mentorship, and education. Opportunities for improvement include developing a more structured curriculum, addressing scheduling issues, and extending the experience to the PGY3 year.
MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE
(2021)