Pre-matriculation clinical experience positively correlates with Step 1 and Step 2 scores
| Autor: | Leslie A Bilello, Cameron Johnstone, Raj Shah, William J. Adamas-Rappaport, Douglas Rappaport |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medical school admissions
Matriculation medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics Nurse practitioners Retrospective cohort study 02 engineering and technology Education clinical experience USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Statistical analyses Statistical significance Family medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Physician assistants Advances in Medical Education and Practice medical education Psychology Practical nurses Original Research |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Medical Education and Practice |
| ISSN: | 1179-7258 |
| Popis: | Raj Shah,1 Cameron Johnstone,2 Douglas Rappaport,3 Leslie A Bilello,4 William Adamas-Rappaport5 1University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA; 2University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA; 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 4Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 5Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA Background: This study investigates whether students with pre-matriculation, formalized, clinical experience performed better in Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE) compared to students without formal pre-matriculation clinical experience.Methods: This research investigation was a retrospective cohort study conducted at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and analyzed students in the Class of 2017 and Class of 2018. Formal clinical experience was defined as registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, or licensed practical nurses for any amount of time prior to matriculation, as well as scribing for at least 6 months prior to matriculation. Students with any amount of shadowing experience were not considered to have clinical experience. The authors performed multiple regression analyses to investigate the effects of formal clinical experience on USMLE exam performance. Statistical significance was defined as P |
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