[The differences in self-efficacy in clinical performance between medical students and residents].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in self-efficacy in clinical performance (SECP) between medical students and residents.


METHODS
A total of 267 medical students and 110 residents participated in a survey on SECP with regard to seven factors: knowledge acquisition and application, clinical reasoning, clinical skills, communication with patients, relationships with other health professionals, medical ethics, and self-development. The data were examined by multivariate analysis of variance.


RESULTS
Residents had higher scores for clinical skills than students (F[1, 372]=8.919, p<0.01), whereas students scored significantly higher for communication with patients (F[1, 372]=26.779, p<0.001), relationships with other health professionals (F[1, 372]=12.807, p<0.001), medical ethics (F[1, 372]=40.136, p<0.001), and self-development (F[1, 372]=32.380, p<0.001). There were no differences between genders or specialties of residents.


CONCLUSIONS
There are differences in SECP between students and residents. These results can guide the design of self-efficacy improvement programs.
Department of Medical Education, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
Hyo Hyun
HH
Yoo
Department of Medical Education, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Kwi Hwa
KH
Park
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical
Clinical performance; Medical students; Resident; Self-efficacy