Effect of Ambulatory Care Training on Third-Year Medical Students' Knowledge and Skills

Autor:	Karen Babos, Danita S. Nelms, Carolyn A. Kalina, John S. Lloyd, Daniel J. Grodinsky, Paul J. Hering, Elizabeth B. Frye, Mary Langbein
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Medical education business.industry education General Medicine Experiential learning Choice test Education Ambulatory care Nursing Student achievement Ambulatory Medicine business Clinical skills
Zdroj:	Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 10:16-20
ISSN:	1532-8015 1040-1334
DOI:	10.1207/s15328015tlm1001_4
Popis:	Background: Increasingly, medical students are being trained in nonhospital settings, yet relatively few studies have looked at the impact of doing so on student achievement. Purpose: We conducted a study of the effectiveness of an ambulatory care educational experience on students' performance on measures of knowledge of ambulatory medicine and related clinical skills. Method: We exposed 40 students to 1 week of ambulatory care training (ACT)during their medicine clerkship--1 hr of didactic instruction per day and the remainder of each day (about 7 hr) consisting of experiential learning in practicing internists' offices. ACT students' performance was compared to that of 40 non-ACT classmates. Results: ACT students scored significantly better than non-ACT students on a multiple- choice test. ACT students also scored significantly higher on a standardized patient clinical skills examination. Conclusions: One week of ACT can be effective in improving students' knowledge and skills related to such training.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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