title: Accuracy and content of medical student midclerkship self-evaluations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Midclerkship self-evaluations (MCSEs) require students to reflect on their knowledge, skills, and behaviors. We hypothesized that MCSEs would be consistent with supervisor midpoint evaluations during a surgical clerkship.
  
  
  METHODS
  MCSEs of 153 students who completed our surgery clerkship in 2 academic years were compared with supervisor midclerkship evaluations. The quantitative domains of the MCSE and supervisor evaluation were compared for accuracy. Identified areas of strengths and weakness were evaluated for thematic consistency.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Student MCSE scoring was accurate across evaluated domains most of the time; when students were inaccurate, they tended to underrate themselves. Students and supervisors most often identified cognitive skills as areas for improvement and noncognitive skills predominated as student strengths.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical students can accurately identify their strengths and weaknesses in the context of an MCSE. Based on these findings, knowledge acquisition and application by medical students in the clinical setting should be emphasized in undergraduate medical education.
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 3B110, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA.
authors: Madeline B
authors: MB
authors: Torres
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 3B110, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA. Electronic address: Amalia.cochran@hsc.utah.edu.
authors: Amalia
authors: A
authors: Cochran
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012577:Schools, Medical; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cognitive skills; Knowledge acquisition; Medical student education; Self-evaluation