Family Medicine Clerkship Assessment Analysis: Application and Implications

Clerkship assessment structures should consist of a systematic process that includes information from exam and assignment data to legitimize student grades and achievement. Analyzing student performance across assessments, rather than on a single assignment, provides a more accurate picture to ident...

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Published in:PRiMER: Peer-review reports in medical education research 2021-09, Vol.5, p.32-32
Main Authors: Virani, Anna, Stumbar, Sarah E, Bonnin, Rodolfo
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Language:English
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Summary:Clerkship assessment structures should consist of a systematic process that includes information from exam and assignment data to legitimize student grades and achievement. Analyzing student performance across assessments, rather than on a single assignment, provides a more accurate picture to identify academically at-risk students. This paper presents the development and implications of a structured approach to assessment analysis for the Family Medicine Clerkship at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The assessment analysis included a table presenting the distribution of all assessment performance results for 166 clerkship students from April 2018 to June 2019. A correlation table showed linear relationships between performance on all graded activities. We conducted a Pearson analysis ( ), coefficient of determination ( ), multiple regression analysis, and reliability of performance analysis. Performance on one assessment-the core skills quiz-yielded a statistically significant correlation ( =.409, = .16,
ISSN:2575-7873
2575-7873
DOI:10.22454/PRiMER.2021.915080