Effect of training location on students' clinical skills

D M Barclay 3rd; D McKinley; S J Peitzman; B Burdick; M Curtis; G P Whelan

doi:10.1097/00001888-200104000-00019

Effect of training location on students' clinical skills

Acad Med. 2001 Apr;76(4):384. doi: 10.1097/00001888-200104000-00019.

Authors

D M Barclay 3rd¹, D McKinley, S J Peitzman, B Burdick, M Curtis, G P Whelan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.dbarclay@unix.temple.edu

PMID: 11299156
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200104000-00019

Abstract

The clinical skills of second-year medical students trained in a hospital-based setting were compared with those of students trained in a community setting using an objective structured clinical exam. No statistically significant difference was found.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Clinical Competence
Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
Medical History Taking*
Pennsylvania
Physical Examination*
Students, Medical*