Voluntary assignments during the pediatric clerkship to enhance the clinical experiences of medical students in the United States

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Pediatric clerkships that utilize off-campus clinical sites ensure clinical comparability by requiring completion of patient-focused tasks. Some tasks may not be attainable (especially off-campus); thus, they are not assigned. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of providing a voluntary assignment list to third-year medical students in their pediatric clerkship.

Methods

This is a retrospective single-center cross-sectional analysis of voluntary assignment completion during the 2019–2020 academic year. Third-year medical students were provided a voluntary assignment list (observe a procedure, use an interpreter phone to obtain a pediatric history, ask a preceptor to critique a clinical note, and follow-up on a patient after the rotation ends).

SUBMITTER: Krawiec C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338279 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature