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A different approach to teaching pre-clerkship students physical diagnosis: standardized patient instructor-senior
Audrey Spelde1, Benjamin Blatt1, Karen L Lewis1
1The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 9109 Fall River Ln, Potomac, Md, 20854, USA.
Background:
Faculty have traditionally taught the physical examination (PE) to novice medical students (pre-clerkship students.), despite recruiting and cost issues and problems standardizing their approach.
Activity:
We present a model using standardized patient instructor (SPI)-fourth year medical student (MS4) teams to teach PE to pre-clerkship students, leveraging the benefits of co-teaching and peer-assisted learning.
Results:
Surveys of pre-clerkship students, MS4s and SPIs indicate positive perceptions of the program, including MS4s reporting significant growth in their professional identities as educators. Pre-clerkship students' performance on the spring clinical skills exams was equivalent to or better than their peer performance pre-program implementation.
Implications:
SPI-MS4 teams can effectively teach novice students the mechanics and clinical context of the beginners' physical exam.
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