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Standardizing Educational Opportunities on the Complete Pediatric Physical Exam

NCT ID: NCT00711659

Last Updated: 2013-11-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

519 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-06-30

Study Completion Date

2013-02-28

Brief Summary

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The study proposes that a workshop-based educational experience which utilizes a standardized preceptor training session, a standard skills assessment checklist, and videotaped feedback will improve student comfort and confidence in performing the pediatric physical examination and will provide information to improve the curriculum offerings.

Detailed Description

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The baseline clinical experience of third year medical students rotating through the clerkship varies, depending on previous clerkships and volunteer opportunities previously encountered. The less experienced third year medical student may require more time and feedback to develop competency. The availability and experience of clinical preceptors and background of the patient may also play a role in the development of pediatric physical examination skills. Other institutions have offered standardized approaches to teaching the health maintenance physical exam. To address these issues, we propose a workshop-based educational experience to (1)determine whether offering a workshop that standardizes exposure to physical exams for junior medical students will improve opportunities to practice physical exam skills in a non-threatening environment, (2)promote immediate feedback to the student that allows for self-reflection by viewing a videotape of their performance, (3)delineate how physical exam skills change in junior medical students throughout the year, and (4)evaluate the inter-rater variability of preceptors teaching health maintenance exams to students rotating through the pediatric clerkship.

Conditions

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Pediatric Physical Exam

Keywords

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Physical exam Pediatric clerkship Medical students

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

all third year medical students starting their pediatric clerkship rotation

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* third year medical students will participate in the physical exam skills workshop as a requirement of their pediatric clerkship; data obtained from review of videotapes of students who consent for data use will be included

Exclusion Criteria

* data from students who do not consent to use of data will not be used for analysis
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Medical College of Wisconsin

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Joshua Noe

Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Joshua D Noe, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical College of Wisconsin

Paola Palma-Sisto, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Medical College of Wisconsin

Locations

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Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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PRO00006933

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id