Does volume of clinical experience affect performance of clinical clerks on surgery exit examinations?
The American Journal of SurgeryPublished 1 October 1996
Michael Châtenay, Tom Maguire, Ernest N. Skakun, George J. Chang, David Cook, Garth L. Warnock
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Surgical clerks' clinical skills were enhanced by an increased volume of some but not all clinical experiences and that feedback does not necessarily enhance performance, and both the volume of clinical experience and the quality of feedback should be carefully monitored by surgical clerkship directors.
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These data show that surgical clerks' clinical skills were enhanced by an increased volume of some but not all clinical experiences and that feedback does not necessarily enhance performance. These data suggest that both the volume of clinical experience and the quality of feedback should be carefully monitored by surgical clerkship directors.
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