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Assessment of Students' experiences in technical procedures in a medical clerkship
Author(s) -
HUNSKAAR S.,
SEIM S. H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1983.tb00962.x
Subject(s) - medical education , evening , test (biology) , medicine , educational measurement , psychology , family medicine , pedagogy , curriculum , paleontology , physics , astronomy , biology
Summary This study was designed to provide some insight into the manner and degree of Students' acquisition of practical skills. One hundred and fifty‐two of a total of 166 students in a medical clerkship during the first clinical year answered a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained fifty‐eight different laboratory tests and technical procedures. The study revealed deficiencies in the teaching programme. On the average the students had been exposed to 19.4 procedures during their 13‐week clerkship. We found no differences according to sex or age. Fourteen skills were considered mandatory. The mean result was 62% for these procedures. Urine analysis and participating in evening rounds gained best scores, while test for blood in faeces and discussing insulin dosage had the lowest scores, 14% and 10% respectively. In order to increase the amount of exposure to practical skills, some improvements in the teaching programme are suggested.