1. Professionalism deficiencies in a first-quarter doctor-patient relationship course predict poor clinical performance in medical school
- Author
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Andy Hudson, Robert A. Murden, Judith A. Westman, and David P. Way
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Clinical clerkship ,Educational measurement ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Students, Medical ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,MEDLINE ,Shyness ,Education ,Paternalism ,Medicine ,Humans ,Schools, Medical ,media_common ,Physician-Patient Relations ,business.industry ,Communication ,Clinical performance ,Clinical Clerkship ,General Medicine ,Quarter (United States coin) ,Attitude ,Family medicine ,Case-Control Studies ,Doctor–patient relationship ,Clinical Competence ,Educational Measurement ,business ,Education, Medical, Undergraduate ,Forecasting - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether four types of professionalism deficiencies in medical students identified during a first-year course on doctor-patient relationships might predict poor performance in third-year clerkships.Preceptors identified students who had deficiencies in interviewing patients: extreme shyness, poor process skills, paternalism, or a negative attitude toward interviewing. Deficient students were matched by academic ability to a control group. Performance on third-year clerkships was compared.Students with paternalistic behavior or negative attitudes had significantly lower third-year grades.Professionalism deficiencies that result in the inability of the student to establish patient rapport are detectable early and predict problems in future clinical performance.
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- 2004