Context Previous qualitative research at the University of Antwerp revealed dissatisfaction
amongst medical students about clinical clerkships. Objective To use quantitative methods …

Background Clerkship experiences are considered crucial for the development of clinical
competence. Yet whether there is a direct relationship between the nature and volume of …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 464–470 Objectives Methods for evaluating student
performance in clerkships traditionally suffer shortcomings, partly as a result of clerkship …

Purpose: To investigate, from the students' perspective, factors that may adversely affect
student learning in the clinical environment. Method: Medical students evaluated the …

focus groups Page 1 ll/ledical Teacher, Vol. 20, No. 5, 1998 CARFA X Evaluation of skills
training during clerkships using student focus groups R. REMMEN, J. DENEKENS, AJ].A …

Objective Many medical schools have drawn up lists of basic clinical skills that students are
required to have mastered at the end of medical training. To determine whether …

Objective To describe the perceptions of medical students and clinical teachers of teaching
and learning in the clinical setting. Design Qualitative study of focus groups with …

This article reviews consistent research findings concerning the assessment of clinical
competence during the clerkship phase of the undergraduate medical training programme …

Background What makes a good clinical student is an area that has received little coverage
in the literature and much of the available literature is based on essays and surveys. It is …

We surveyed 403 students in their clinical years for their perceptions of the quality of clinical
clerkships. Between 42.6 and 67.0% of tutorials were said to contain positive factors such as …