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| Medical student performance on a geriatrics problem in a clinical practice examination | | Author(s) | Cheryl E Woodson, William C McGaghie, Kris Slawinski |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 18, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 87-98 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Teaching hospitals ; Health [elderly] ; Consultation ; Diagnosis ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article reports the results of a post-clerkship medical student performance on a primary care geriatrics problem in a clinical skills examination, and the correlates of student performance, at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, United States (US). Measurements include checklists of medical student history taking and physical examination skills completed by a standardised patient( simulated patient), and student responses to a written challenge about case diagnosis and management. Measures of medical student aptitude, achievement and demographic variables are also reported. Descriptive data about medical student case performance about the geriatrics problem indicate that there is much variation in the approach taken by medical students toward a geriatric patient presenting with reported abdominal pain. Correlation coefficients between student case performance and measures of aptitude, achievement and demographic variables were uniformly low. It is concluded that the clinical curriculum should provide medical students with more opportunity for education in geriatrics. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980302406 A |
| Classmark | V6: CC: LK6: LK7: 7T |
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