Measuring what matters: identifying assessments that reflect learning on the core surgical clerkship.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There are various assessments used during the core surgical clerkship (CSC), each of which may be influenced by factors external to the CSC or have inherent biases from an equity lens. In particular, the National Board of Medical Examiners' Clinical Subject Exams ("Shelf") is used heavily and may not reflect clerkship curriculum or clinical learning.

Methods

This is a retrospective review of medical student characteristics and assessments during the CSC from July 2017-June 2021. Assessment methods included: subjective Clinical Performance Assessments (CPA), Shelf, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, and a short-answer in-house examination (IHE) culminating in a Final Grade (FG) of Honors/Pass/Fail. A Shelf score threshold for Honors was added in academic year

SUBMITTER: Mikulski MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483865 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature