title: [Comparison of the diagnostic performance of students of the old and new medical curriculum at the Laval University].
abstract: In the Fall of 1982, the "Université Laval" School of Medicine inaugurated a new undergraduate curriculum consisting primarily in the introduction of problem-based learning to foster the development of clinical reasoning. The purpose of the study was to compare the diagnostic performance of the students of the old (n = 118) and the new (n = 120) program. The measurement instrument consisted of 12 short clinical vignettes. There is no significant difference in the performance of the students from the two programs. In spite of these results, it is advocated to wait before initiating yet another curriculum reform or reversal. Finally and for both classes of students, their performance varied significantly from hospital to hospital. A number of suggestions are made to better standardize the quality of clinical teaching across the different hospital settings.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bordage
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leclère
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Comparaison de la performance diagnostique des étudiants de l'ancien et du nouveau cours de médecine de l'Université Laval.