Early Pre-clerkship Clinical Skills Assessments Predict Clerkship Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Assessment of medical students' clinical skills (CS) remains a challenge. Little is known about early predictors of future CS performance. This study examines the relationship between students' pre-clerkship clinical skills (PCCS) performance and year 3 clerkship performance measures.

Methods

The authors performed a retrospective analysis of four medical student cohorts who matriculated between 2014 and 2017 and participated in a longitudinal pre-clerkship CS curriculum. A total of 440 students were included in the analyses. Students' clinical skills were assessed through a series of PCCS exams, each consisting of a single standardized patient encounter. First-year PCCS exams assessed history taking, physical examination, professionalism, and communication skill

SUBMITTER: Strowd LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8886335 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature