Curriculum to Develop Documentation Proficiency Among Medical Students in an Emergency Medicine Clerkship.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Documenting a clinical encounter is a core skill for entering residency, but medical students often receive scant dedicated documentation training, leading to a high rate of inadequate information. Utilizing adult experiential learning theory, we created and implemented an educational resource to train medical students on how to proficiently document an emergency department (ED) patient encounter.

Methods

One hundred and five third- and fourth-year medical students participating in an emergency medicine clerkship took part in a brief orientation day documentation curriculum that included a group didactic, a review of reference materials, a standardized patient activity, a sample patient note writing assignment with individualized feedback, and supervising facult

SUBMITTER: Lai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8590992 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature