Effect of training location on students' clinical skills.
The clinical skills of second-year medical students trained in a hospital-based setting were compared with those of students trained in a community setting using an objective structured clinical exam. No statistically significant difference was found.
Barclay
D M
DM
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.dbarclay@unix.temple.edu
McKinley
D
D
Peitzman
S J
SJ
Burdick
B
B
Curtis
M
M
Whelan
G P
GP
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010808:Physical Examination; D013337:Students, Medical