title: Musculoskeletal education in medical school: deficits in knowledge and strategies for improvement.
abstract: ➤ Improvements in medical student physical examination skills and performance on validated musculoskeletal competency examinations correspond with undergraduate curricular reform.➤ Curricular reform success in the United States has been achieved by multidisciplinary collaboration.➤ International efforts are focused on improving medical student physical examination skills through patient partners and structured clinical examinations.➤ Technologies such as simulators and online learning tools are effective and well received.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee - Campbell Clinic, 1211 Union Avenue, Suite 510, Memphis, TN 38104. E-mail address for R.F. Murphy: murphy.r.f@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 601 North Caroline Street, 5th Floor, JH Outpatient Center (JHOC), Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: LaPorte
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 43 Wellesley Street, East Suite 327, Toronto, ON M4Y 1H1, Canada.
authors.forename: Veronica M R
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Wadey
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010808:Physical Examination; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States