title: Relating student performance on a family medicine clerkship with completion of Web cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study's goal was to determine if completing Web cases improved students' performance on clerkship assessments.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared scores on preceptor evaluations, National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Subject Exam, and a standardized patient (SP)-based exam using ANCOVA for students choosing to complete assigned cases versus students not completing the assignment. We controlled for prior academic performance and clerkship timing using US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1 scores and rotation order.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students completing the case assignment scored higher on the NBME subject exam and the SP-based exam.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Web-based learning was associated with improved student performance on clerkship assessments.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Department, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. gsshokar@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Gurjeet S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shokar
authors.forename: Ramona L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Burdine
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Callaway
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bulik
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000379:methods*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007615:Kansas