Table 3.
Perceived Utility of a National Laboratory Medicine Assessment Tool to Evaluate Medical Students’ Competency, 2013–2014
| Survey item | No. (% of 98) respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very likely | Somewhat likely | Somewhat unlikely | Very unlikely | |
| If a national standardized examination in clinical laboratory medicine designed for medical students were easily available, how likely is it that your school would use it? | 14 (14) | 35 (36) | 31 (32) | 18 (18) |
| How likely would you be to use such a national standardized exam to: | ||||
| Benchmark your institution by offering it to your students on a voluntary, anonymous basis? | 10 (10) | 35 (36) | 24 (24) | 29 (30) |
| Benchmark your institution by offering it to your students on a required, but anonymous, basis? | 8 (8) | 21 (21) | 28 (29) | 41 (42) |
| Help evaluate your students and institution by offering it to students on a voluntary, nonanonymous basis? | 4 (4) | 35 (36) | 32 (33) | 27 (27) |
| Help evaluate your students and institution by offering it to students on a required, nonanonymous basis? | 10 (10) | 30 (31) | 24 (24) | 34 (35) |