Effect of curriculum change on exam performance in a 4-week psychiatry clerkship.
Acad Psychiatry
; 34(3): 216-9, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The authors investigated whether curriculum change could produce improved performance, despite a reduction in clerkship length from 8 to 4 weeks.METHODS:
The exam performance of medical students completing a 4-week clerkship in psychiatry was compared to national data from the National Board of Medical Examiners' Psychiatry Subject Examination and the United States Medical Licensure Examination Step 2 CK psychiatry and mental disorders subtests.RESULTS:
Curriculum change and restructuring to a 4-week psychiatry clerkship resulted in above-average and sustained improvement on nationally standardized assessment measures.CONCLUSION:
Examination performance can be optimized despite a 50% reduction in the duration of a psychiatry clerkship.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psiquiatria
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Estágio Clínico
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Currículo
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acad Psychiatry
Assunto da revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos