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Van Der Hem-Stokroos HH, Scherpbier AJ, Van Der Vleuten CP, et al. How effective is a clerkship as a learning environment? . Med Teach. 2001;23(6):599-604doi: 10.1080/01421590120091000.
Van Der Hem-Stokroos, H. H., Scherpbier, A. J., Van Der Vleuten, C. P., De Vries, H., & Haarman, H. J. (2001). How effective is a clerkship as a learning environment? . Medical teacher, 23(6), 599-604. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590120091000
Van Der Hem-Stokroos, H. H., et al. "How effective is a clerkship as a learning environment? ." Medical teacher vol. 23,6 (2001): 599-604. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590120091000
Van Der Hem-Stokroos HH, Scherpbier AJ, Van Der Vleuten CP, De Vries H, Haarman HJ. How effective is a clerkship as a learning environment? . Med Teach. 2001 Oct;23(6):599-604. doi: 10.1080/01421590120091000. PMID: 12098483.
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Med Teach. 2001 Oct;23(6):599-604. doi: 10.1080/01421590120091000.

How effective is a clerkship as a learning environment? .

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H. H. Van Der Hem-Stokroos, A. J.J.A. Scherpbier, C. P.M. Van Der Vleuten, H. De Vries, H. J.Th.M. Haarman

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 12098483 DOI: 10.1080/01421590120091000

Abstract

To assess the educational quality of a traditional clerkship, a questionnaire was administered to 28 students at the end of their 10-week surgical clerkship. The questionnaire contained 116 items on learning objectives, patient problems encountered by students, clinical skills performed, feedback received and amounts of time spent on various activities. The students indicated that they had adequate ability to correctly analyse and manage patient problems. However, the standard deviations and ranges show that individual students' exposure to various patient problems was insufficient. Students generally saw too few emergency patients. The frequencies of performance of diagnostic and therapeutic skills varied widely among students. Most of the feedback received by students was given by residents rather than faculty physicians. Students spent considerable time on activities of limited educational value. It appears that learning during a clerkship occurs rather haphazardly. There are indications that the 'educational exposure' varies substantially from student to student.

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