A randomized-controlled study of encounter cards to improve oral case presentation skills of medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the feasibility of oral case presentation (OCP) encounter cards as a tool for formative evaluation, to estimate the reliability and validity of the ratings when used in a medicine clerkship, and to examine whether the use of OCP encounter cards improves students' OCP skills.

Design

Randomized controlled study.

Setting

Medicine core clerkship at a U.S. medical school.

Participants/intervention

Students enrolled in the medicine core clerkship (n=164) from January to December of 2003 were randomly assigned to receive weekly feedback using OCP encounter cards rating nine presentation compentencies or receive usual feedback. Mean OCP ratings were correlated with multiple summative assessments. Performance on an end-of-clerkship OCP was compare

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1490196 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature