.

HOW THE QUANTITY OF PATIENT INTERACTIONS DURING THIRD-YEAR CLERKSHIPS AFFECTS MEDICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Purpose Results, continued

Discussion/Conclusions

Presented at the Research in Medical Education Session at the Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Denver, CO 11/07/2011

Method

Rachel Whitaker Elam, ScM; Andria Thomas, PhD; Jake London, MBAEducation Discovery Institute

Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA

Results

Clerkship Duration

Mandatory Logs

Medicine 8 weeks 56 patients

Surgery 8 weeks 15 patients

Neurology 4 weeks 17 patients

Psychiatry 4 weeks 10 patients

Ob/Gyn 3 weeks 24 patients

Pediatrics 3 weeks 18 patients

Clerkship No. of Patient Logsmean (standard

dev)

Medicine 45.6 (22.2)

Surgery 73.3 (46.6)

Neurology 44.0 (24.3)

Psychiatry 34.8 (21.2)

Ob/Gyn 70.0 (43.9)

Pediatrics 73.2 (44.5)