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Interrelationships between Knowledge and Performance-Based Testing in a Surgery Clerkship.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study investigated the relationships among nine instruments designed to measure clinical knowledge and performance in a third-year surgery clerkship. Results suggest that various types of measures are necessary for broad evaluation of clinical performance. Instruments clustered into two groups: measures of medical knowledge and clinical…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
The History of Developing a Student-Centered, Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A description of the development of a new surgery clerkship looks at institutional background (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) for the project, preliminary evaluation and planning efforts, formulation of an ideal for the clerkship, barriers to change, overcoming resistance to change, and comparisons with problem-based learning programs…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
Developing Students' Cognitive Skills in a Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study compared results of 2 teaching methods, traditional Socratic method (22 students) and a problem-based curriculum (35 students) in a University of Kentucky medical school surgery clerkship. Results showed the problem-based method resulted in similar knowledge level but improved clinical problem-solving skills. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Cognitive Development, Higher Education, Medical Education
Knowledge Gain in a Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
A study of 88 students in a problem-based surgery clerkship found significant gain in knowledge level, found to be linked to improved clinical performance. Additional findings included peers were good judges of students' knowledge and skills; faculty were not good judges of changes in student skills or ability to apply them. (MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Problem-Based Learning and Performance-Based Testing: Effective Alternatives for Undergraduate Surgical Education and Assessment of Student Performance.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Medical Teacher, 1997
Reports on the positive results obtained from the University of Kentucky's newly installed undergraduate performance-based learning (PBL) surgery clerkship. Favorable results include the PBL students' performance surpassing that of students in lecture-based instruction, and PBL students performing significantly better in the clinical applications…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies