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Educational practice guidelines for a surgical clerkship
1University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare : a Practical Journal for Clinical and Management Application
|February 5, 1998
Summary
This article presents 10 essential Educational Practice Guidelines for surgical clerkships, adaptable nationwide. These guidelines facilitate comprehensive program evaluation for medical student surgical training experiences.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Training
- Curriculum Development
Background:
- Residency Review Committee's "Essentials for a Residency Training Program" serves as a model.
- Need for standardized educational guidelines in surgical clerkships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide adaptable Educational Practice Guidelines for required surgical clerkships.
- To offer a framework for intensive program evaluation of medical student clerkship experiences.
Main Methods:
- Development of 10 essential components for surgical clerkship guidelines.
- Guidelines designed for adoption by any U.S. department of surgery.
Main Results:
- The 10 components offer a structured approach to evaluating surgical clerkship programs.
- Adoption may require increased resources and faculty effort in some institutions.
Conclusions:
- The proposed guidelines provide a valuable tool for enhancing surgical clerkship education.
- These guidelines support systematic evaluation and improvement of medical student training in surgery.