introduction: recent evolutions in medical education and trend to specialization have led to serious concern about the quality of undergraduate education especially in main medical universities. according to medical education literature, outcome-based curriculum development seems more suitable for clinical phase rotations. in this article we present our experience in planning an outcome-based 2...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the impact of a mentored clerkship initiative on underrepresented minority medical students interested in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS). STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study. METHODS An outreach effort to recruit underrepresented minority students was initiated in 2008, consisting of either a 3-month research clerkship or a 1-month cli...

PURPOSE To determine the impact of an emergency medicine (EM) clerkship on senior (4th year) medical students' perceptions of the EM specialty. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a pre/posttest observational study in a mandatory 4-week EM clerkship. Students were anonymously surveyed pre- and postclerkship regarding perceptions of EM. The survey used 24 statements grouped across four domains: 1) s...

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...

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 ...

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...