Elements of an Excellent Psychiatry Clerkship Experience: A Survey Study of Graduating Medical Students
| Autor: | Lisa Fore-Arcand, Donald M. Hilty, Victoria Dinsell, Mary K. Morreale, Benjamin T. Griffeth, Heidi Combs, Paul R. Borghesani, Bethany L. Harper, Rachel A. Russo, Jayme M. Palka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics media_common.quotation_subject education Survey research 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Education 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Feeling health services administration Active learning 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Grading (education) Psychiatry Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Academic Psychiatry. 45:174-179 |
| ISSN: | 1545-7230 1042-9670 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40596-020-01373-z |
| Popis: | One possible factor associated with choosing psychiatry as a career is students rating their psychiatry clerkship as excellent. Although this suggests that an excellent clerkship may improve recruitment into psychiatry, to our knowledge there has never been a multi-site survey study of graduating medical students that identify what factors lead to an excellent clerkship rating. The purpose of this study was to determine factors that medical student find important for an excellent psychiatry clerkship experience. A total of 1457 graduating medical students at eight institutions were sent a 22-item Likert-type survey about what clinical and administrative factors they considered when rating their psychiatry clerkship via email in the fall of their last year. 357 (24.5%) responded and Z-test, t-tests, and multiple regression analyses were carried out. The factors which students rated higher than the mean included planned application to psychiatry residency, clear expectations, a transparent grading process, feeling part of a team, timely feedback by faculty, and a competent clerkship coordinator and director. Lectures, active learning, and self-study were rated as less pertinent, and the overall clerkship rating did differ between students going into psychiatry versus other specialties. Although the low response undermines the validity of findings, by improving the administration of the clerkship with clear expectations, grading, feedback, and by encouraging clinical teams to fully integrate students clerkship ratings might improve which could potentially improve recruitment. Future research could further quantify and qualify these parameters and compare psychiatric clerkships to other clerkships. |
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