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A Survey of Undergraduate Pediatric EducationProgress in the 1980s?
Olle Jane Z. Sahler, MD;
Jerome P. Lysaught, EdD;
Larrie W. Greenberg, MD;
Benjamin S. Siegel, MD;
Steven E. Caplan, MD;
Kathleen G. Nelson, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1988;142(5):519-523.
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In 1981, Stillman et al1 published the results of a survey of pediatric clerkship programs in US and Canadian medical schools. The study was prompted by the belief that reorientation of educational goals, redistribution of patients toward outpatient care, and increased numbers of medical students necessitated a reassessment of the structure and function of the categorical clerkship.
Of the 141 pediatric departments contacted by Stillman and coworkers,1 119 (84%) responded. How to define objectives for instruction adequately and how to evaluate appropriately students' fund of cognitive information, interviewing and physical examination skills, and problem-solving ability were the most common and highest-priority concerns of clerkship directors. Frequently identified weaknesses in clerkship design included lack of uniformity in the educational experience, overemphasis on tertiary care coupled with inadequate ambulatory care opportunities, and insufficient student contact with faculty.
When the original study was undertaken, increasing attention was being paid to such
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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (Dr Sahler), and Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester (Dr Lysaught), Rochester, NY; Office of Medical Education, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (Dr Greenberg); Department of Pediatrics, Boston City Hospital-Boston University School of Medicine (Dr Siegel); Departments of Pediatrics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Dr Caplan); and Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham (Dr Nelson).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 8, 1988.
Reprints not available.
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