Effect of Perceived Level of Interaction on Faculty Evaluations of 3rd Year Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several factors are known to affect the way clinical performance evaluations (CPEs) of medical students are completed by supervising physicians. We sought to explore the effect of faculty perceived "level of interaction" (LOI) on these evaluations.

Methods

Our third-year CPE requires evaluators to identify perceived LOI with each student as low, moderate, or high. We examined CPEs completed during the academic year 2018-2019 for differences in (1) clinical and professionalism ratings, (2) quality of narrative comments, (3) quantity of narrative comments, and (4) percentage of evaluation questions left unrated.

Results

A total of 3682 CPEs were included in the analysis. ANOVA revealed statistically significant differences between LOI and clinical ratings (

SUBMITTER: Hartman ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368453 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature