Current State of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation: A Tool for Reflection for Residency Programs.
Journal
Journal of graduate medical education
ISSN: 1949-8357
Titre abrégé: J Grad Med Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101521733
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
06
11
2020
revised:
11
02
2021
revised:
05
04
2021
accepted:
18
04
2021
entrez:
26
8
2021
pubmed:
27
8
2021
medline:
28
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) provides important information to residency programs. Despite recent recommendations for standardization, it is not clear how much variation exists in MSPE content among schools. We describe the current section content of the MSPE in US allopathic medical schools, with a particular focus on variations in the presentation of student performance. A representative MSPE was obtained from 95.3% (143 of 150) of allopathic US medical schools through residency applications to the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in select programs for the 2019-2020 academic year. A manual data abstraction tool was piloted in 2018-2019. After training, it was used to code all portions of the MSPE in this study. The results were analyzed, and descriptive statistics were reported. In preclinical years, 30.8% of MSPEs reported data regarding performance of students beyond achieving "passes" in a pass/fail curriculum. Only half referenced performance in the fourth year including electives, acting internships, or both. About two-thirds of schools included an overall descriptor of comparative performance in the final paragraph. Among these schools, a majority provided adjectives such as "outstanding/excellent/very good/good," while one-quarter reported numerical data categories. Regarding clerkship grades, there were numerous nomenclature systems used. This analysis demonstrates the existence of extreme variability in the content of MSPEs submitted by US allopathic medical schools in the 2019-2020 cycle, including the components and nomenclature of grades and descriptors of comparative performance, display of data, and inclusion of data across all years of the medical education program.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) provides important information to residency programs. Despite recent recommendations for standardization, it is not clear how much variation exists in MSPE content among schools.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
We describe the current section content of the MSPE in US allopathic medical schools, with a particular focus on variations in the presentation of student performance.
METHODS
METHODS
A representative MSPE was obtained from 95.3% (143 of 150) of allopathic US medical schools through residency applications to the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in select programs for the 2019-2020 academic year. A manual data abstraction tool was piloted in 2018-2019. After training, it was used to code all portions of the MSPE in this study. The results were analyzed, and descriptive statistics were reported.
RESULTS
RESULTS
In preclinical years, 30.8% of MSPEs reported data regarding performance of students beyond achieving "passes" in a pass/fail curriculum. Only half referenced performance in the fourth year including electives, acting internships, or both. About two-thirds of schools included an overall descriptor of comparative performance in the final paragraph. Among these schools, a majority provided adjectives such as "outstanding/excellent/very good/good," while one-quarter reported numerical data categories. Regarding clerkship grades, there were numerous nomenclature systems used.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This analysis demonstrates the existence of extreme variability in the content of MSPEs submitted by US allopathic medical schools in the 2019-2020 cycle, including the components and nomenclature of grades and descriptors of comparative performance, display of data, and inclusion of data across all years of the medical education program.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34434519
doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-01373.1
pmc: PMC8370358
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
576-580Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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