PURPOSE Despite standardized curricula and mandated accreditation, concern exists regarding the variability and imprecision of medical student evaluation. The authors set out to perform a complete review of clerkship evaluation in U.S. medical schools. METHOD Clerkship evaluation data were obtained from all Association of American Medical Colleges-affiliated medical schools reporting enrollme...

BACKGROUND No studies have been performed that evaluate the perceptions of medical students completing an emergency medicine (EM) clerkship. Given the variability of exposure to EM in medical schools nationwide, assessment of the student rotation may inform the structure and content of new and existing clerkships, particularly in relation to student's acquisition of the core competencies. OBJ...

OBJECTIVE Emergency medicine is an evolving discipline in Canadian medical schools. Little has been published regarding student preferences for emergency medicine training during the clerkship phase of MD programs. We assessed medical students' perceptions of a newly developed emergency medicine clerkship rotation involving multiple learning modalities. The evaluation process included assessmen...

Abstract Background The traditional curriculum for medical students in Japan does not include sufficient opportunities to develop their skills musculoskeletal (MSK) examination and clinical reasoning diagnosis. Therefore, an effective programme is required help residents improve MSK. This paper aims assess the of who have participated a peer role-playing simulation using mini evaluation exercis...

PURPOSE To explore the congruence between students' and clerkship directors' perceptions and attributions of students' struggles during the transition to clerkships. METHOD Focus groups and interviews were conducted with third- and fourth-year medical students and clerkship directors at 10 U.S. medical schools in 2005 and 2006. Schools were selected to represent diverse locations, sizes, and ...

An analysis of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in US medical school curriculum was undertaken. Websites for 130 US medical schools were systematically analyzed for course listings and content. Half of the schools (50.8%) offered at least one CAM course or clerkship. A total of 127 different course listings were identified, embracing a range of topics and methods of instruction. The...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Traditional medical school department-based clerkship structures can lead to redundancy and/or gaps in curriculum, inefficient administrative systems, and academic isolation for clerkship directors. This paper describes the approaches, successes, and challenges three institutions experienced when implementing an interdepartmental collaboration to create an integrated p...

background: the most common types of medical error are medication errors (mes) which defined as any preventable event that may be caused by an inappropriate medication usage and lead to an adverse drug reaction (adr) event in patients. in recent years, different approaches have been proposed to reduce mes, one of which is reporting adrs. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, a...