title: [Impact of training conferences on medical student's performance for the French National Ranking Examination in Lorraine University. The ETIMCEL experimental study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe factors associated with a better rank, and to assess the impact of training conferences on medical student's performance for the French National Ranking Examination (FNRE) in Lorraine University, France in 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between October 2011 and May 2012, assistant professors of the faculty of medicine of Nancy, France, organized a cycle of 15 conferences combining clinical cases theoretical training and student peer assessment. Data were recorded with a self-administered questionnaire in January 2012 to collect potential confounders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 287 students enrolled in the last year of medical school in 2011-2012 in Lorraine University, 195 (67.9%) of them registered to the cycle of conferences. Among the potential prognostic factors assessed, not repeating the first year of medical curriculum (P=0.013), the number of courses validated at the first session during the second part of the medical curriculum (P=0.002), absence of difficulties experienced in the fifth and sixth year (P=0.032) and a desired ranking among the best (P=0.011) were independently associated with a better rank at the FNRE. Regular participation in conferences was significantly and independently associated with a higher ranking (mean gain for the participation in 13 or more conferences: 873; mean gain by conference: 63).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regular participation in conferences provided by assistant professors and based on clinical cases theoretical training and student peer assessment was significantly associated with a higher ranking to the FNRE in Lorraine University in 2012.
authors.affiliation: Service d'épidémiologie et évaluation cliniques, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France; Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrinier
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bannay
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France; Service de néphrologie, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France; Département de neuroradiologie, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France; Département d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Angioi
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France; Département de neurologie, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debouverie
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France; Unité de médecine vasculaire, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France. Electronic address: szuily@chez.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zuily
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004522:Educational Status; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities
keywords: Conférences; ETIMCEL; Examen classant national; French national ranking examination; Medical studies; Peer assessment; Training conferences; Études médicales; Évaluation entre pairs