Table 3. Faculty expectations compared with post-clerkship student comfort. Shading indicates higher student comfort.
Faculty | Post | P-Value * | |||||
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N | Mean | Std. Dev. | N | Mean | Std. Dev. | ||
Comprehensive History & Physical Exam | 114 | 4.04 | 0.70 | 532 | 4.30 | 0.53 | 0.002 |
Listening Effectively | 113 | 4.33 | 0.67 | 533 | 4.59 | 0.52 | 0.002 |
Eliciting Patient Expectations | 113 | 3.89 | 0.79 | 530 | 4.42 | 0.57 | 0.002 |
Constructing a List of Diagnoses | 114 | 3.59 | 0.73 | 530 | 4.01 | 0.57 | 0.002 |
Recognize abnormal vital signs | 112 | 3.76 | 0.81 | 532 | 4.23 | 0.65 | 0.002 |
Necessity/Urgency of Diagnostic Studies | 113 | 3.12 | 0.72 | 530 | 3.95 | 0.65 | 0.002 |
Planning Therapeutic Interventions | 113 | 3.00 | 0.74 | 531 | 3.83 | 0.62 | 0.002 |
Ordering Medications Correctly | 112 | 2.73 | 1.04 | 533 | 2.90 | 0.96 | 0.207 |
Pharmacologic Knowledge | 113 | 3.33 | 0.87 | 530 | 3.38 | 0.92 | 1.000 |
Asking about Allergies | 114 | 4.27 | 0.92 | 533 | 4.33 | 0.84 | 1.000 |
Performing Procedures | 113 | 2.81 | 0.93 | 532 | 4.00 | 0.84 | 0.002 |
Understanding Available Resources | 113 | 2.54 | 0.95 | 531 | 3.77 | 0.83 | 0.002 |
Multi-tasking | 113 | 3.29 | 0.94 | 531 | 4.11 | 0.69 | 0.002 |
Using Ultrasound | 113 | 2.47 | 0.97 | 531 | 3.83 | 0.78 | 0.002 |
Establishing Rapport with Patients | 113 | 4.05 | 0.64 | 533 | 4.66 | 0.52 | 0.002 |
Demonstrating Empathy | 112 | 4.38 | 0.63 | 529 | 4.62 | 0.56 | 0.002 |
Demonstrating Caring Behavior | 113 | 4.35 | 0.61 | 527 | 4.66 | 0.53 | 0.002 |
Participate in Peer Teaching | 112 | 2.81 | 1.07 | 527 | 4.08 | 0.72 | 0.002 |
Navigating Health Care System | 114 | 2.25 | 0.92 | 530 | 3.72 | 0.82 | 0.002 |
Using Electronic Health Record | 113 | 3.05 | 1.07 | 525 | 4.17 | 0.75 | 0.002 |
Computer Physician Order Entry | 112 | 2.70 | 1.19 | 526 | 3.35 | 1.15 | 0.002 |
Participating as part of a Team | 113 | 3.71 | 0.80 | 530 | 4.28 | 0.66 | 0.002 |
P-value has been adjusted using the Stepdown Bonferroni Method