University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences eLearning Environment Internet-based Studies in Education and Research
INTRODUCTION
4/6/2021 - Medical Grand Rounds: The Annual Medical Education Debate: Should Third Year Clerkships Move to Pass Fail?
QUIZ
EVALUATION
CERTIFICATE
Credit Hours: CME 1.00
Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.
Pro:
- Ryan Augustin, MD, IM Resident, PGY 3
- Thuy Bui, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
- Andrew Murphy, MD, IM Resident, PGY 3
- Amar Kohli, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe grading procedures in the MS3 year.
- Improve ability to name benefits of changing grading structure
- Discuss how grading equity impacts medical education
- Recognize bias in clerkship grading
- Identify strategies to improve fairness in clerkship grading
- Describe how clerkship grade pressure impacts the learning environment
Suggested additional reading:
- Teherani A, et al. How small differences in assessed clinical performance amplify to large differences in grades and awards: A cascade with serious consequences for students underrepresented in medicine. Acad Med 2018; 93(9):1286-1292.
- Jordan M, et al. "There is a lot of change afoot": A qualitative study of faculty adaptation to elimination of tiered grades with increased emphasis on feedback in core clerkships. Acad Med 2021; 96:263-270.
- Hernandez CA, et al. Determining grades in the internal medicine clerkship: Results of a national survey of clerkship directors. Acad Med 2021; 96(2): 249-255.
- https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/healing-broken-clerkship-grading-system
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149794406001164
- https://alphaomegaalpha.org/pdfs/PassFailSurvey.pdf
- https://www.upstate.edu/ume/pdf/variation_and_imprecision_of_clerkship_grading.pdf
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This educational activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
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