Title of article :
Medical students’ logbook case loads do not predict final exam scores in surgery clerkship
Author/Authors :
Alabbad, Jasim Department of Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Kuwait University - Kuwait City, Kuwait , Almusaileem, Ahmad Department of Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Kuwait University - Kuwait City, Kuwait , Almusaileem, Sulaiman Department of Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Kuwait University - Kuwait City, Kuwait , Raheem, Fawaz Abdul Department of Surgery - Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital - Jabriya, Kuwait , Alsaddah, Saba Department of Surgery - Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital - Jabriya, Kuwait , Almubarak, Abdulaziz Department of Surgery - Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital - Jabriya, Kuwait
Pages :
7
From page :
259
To page :
265
Abstract :
To investigate the reliability of medical student logbook data in assessing student performance and predicting outcomes in an objective standardized clinical exam and a multiplechoice exam during surgery rotation. In addition, we examined the relationship between exam performance and the number of clinical tutors per student. Materials and methods A retrospective review of the logbooks of first and third clinical year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, was undertaken during their surgery rotation during the academic year 2012–2013. Results Logbooks of 184 students were reviewed and analyzed. There were 92 and 93 students in the first and third clinical years, respectively. We did not identify any correlation between the number of clinical encounters and clinical exam or multiple-choice exam scores; however, there was an inverse relationship between the number of clinical tutors encountered during a rotation and clinical exam scores. Conclusion Overall, there was no correlation between the volume of self-reported clinical encounters and exam scores. Furthermore, an inverse correlation between the number of clinical tutors encountered and clinical exam scores was detected. These findings indicate a need for reevaluation of the way logbook data are entered and used as an assessment tool.
Keywords :
rotation , universities , Kuwait , assessment , OSCE
Journal title :
Advances in Medical Education and Practice
Serial Year :
2018
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Record number :
2624754
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