Table 2. Difference between student comfort pre and post-clerkship.
| Pre-Clerkship | Post-Clerkship | P-value * | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Std Dev. | N | Mean | Std Dev. | ||
| Comprehensive History & Physical Exam | 606 | 3.94 | 0.61 | 532 | 4.30 | 0.53 | 0.002 |
| Listening Effectively | 607 | 4.39 | 0.63 | 533 | 4.59 | 0.52 | 0.002 |
| Eliciting Patient Expectations | 606 | 4.18 | 0.62 | 530 | 4.42 | 0.57 | 0.002 |
| Constructing a List of Diagnoses | 608 | 3.45 | 0.67 | 530 | 4.01 | 0.57 | 0.002 |
| Recognize abnormal vital signs | 605 | 3.69 | 0.77 | 532 | 4.23 | 0.65 | 0.002 |
| Necessity/Urgency of Diagnostic Studies | 606 | 3.27 | 0.76 | 530 | 3.95 | 0.65 | 0.002 |
| Planning Therapeutic Interventions | 604 | 3.23 | 0.69 | 531 | 3.83 | 0.62 | 0.002 |
| Ordering Medications Correctly | 607 | 2.10 | 0.87 | 533 | 2.90 | 0.96 | 0.002 |
| Pharmacologic Knowledge | 608 | 2.86 | 0.93 | 530 | 3.38 | 0.92 | 0.002 |
| Asking about Allergies | 606 | 3.93 | 0.97 | 533 | 4.33 | 0.84 | 0.002 |
| Performing Procedures | 605 | 3.20 | 1.06 | 532 | 4.00 | 0.84 | 0.002 |
| Understanding Available Resources | 607 | 3.28 | 0.92 | 531 | 3.77 | 0.83 | 0.002 |
| Multi-tasking | 608 | 3.56 | 0.83 | 531 | 4.11 | 0.69 | 0.002 |
| Using Ultrasound | 608 | 3.13 | 0.90 | 531 | 3.83 | 0.78 | 0.002 |
| Establishing Rapport with Patients | 607 | 4.41 | 0.63 | 533 | 4.66 | 0.52 | 0.002 |
| Demonstrating Empathy | 597 | 4.47 | 0.66 | 529 | 4.62 | 0.56 | 0.002 |
| Demonstrating Caring Behavior | 600 | 4.50 | 0.62 | 527 | 4.66 | 0.53 | 0.002 |
| Participate in Peer Teaching | 599 | 3.75 | 0.80 | 527 | 4.08 | 0.72 | 0.002 |
| Navigating Health Care System | 594 | 3.15 | 0.84 | 530 | 3.72 | 0.82 | 0.002 |
| Using Electronic Health Record | 600 | 3.87 | 0.82 | 525 | 4.17 | 0.75 | 0.002 |
| Computer Physician Order Entry | 598 | 2.60 | 1.18 | 526 | 3.35 | 1.15 | 0.002 |
| Participating as part of a Team | 598 | 3.85 | 0.80 | 530 | 4.28 | 0.66 | 0.002 |
P-value has been adjusted using the Stepdown Bonferroni Method