BACKGROUND: A fundamental function of attending faculty is to teach and mentor medical students, but the benefit of the resident's role is recognized increasingly. METHODS: Our Standardized Institutional Clinical Clerkship Assessment allows students to rate 27 factors relative to a clinical clerkship. Scores from 1998 to 2005 were used to evaluate our surgical clerkship program and to compare resident and attending teachers. Student surgery career choices also were monitored. RESULTS: Medical students routinely scored residents more highly than attending faculty. Attendings' scores did not improve; however, residents' teaching and overall clerkship scores improved during the study period and paralleled students' increased selection of a surgical career. CONCLUSIONS: Students perceived residents as teachers more than attendings. Residents may have significant influence over students' career choice by their teaching and mentoring activities, which benefit attending efforts.
BACKGROUND: A fundamental function of attending faculty is to teach and mentor medical students, but the benefit of the resident's role is recognized increasingly. METHODS: Our Standardized Institutional Clinical Clerkship Assessment allows students to rate 27 factors relative to a clinical clerkship. Scores from 1998 to 2005 were used to evaluate our surgical clerkship program and to compare resident and attending teachers. Student surgery career choices also were monitored. RESULTS: Medical students routinely scored residents more highly than attending faculty. Attendings' scores did not improve; however, residents' teaching and overall clerkship scores improved during the study period and paralleled students' increased selection of a surgical career. CONCLUSIONS: Students perceived residents as teachers more than attendings. Residents may have significant influence over students' career choice by their teaching and mentoring activities, which benefit attending efforts.
Authors: Edward S Salsberg; Atul Grover; Michael A Simon; Steven L Frick; Marshall A Kuremsky; David C Goodman Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Am Date: 2008-05 Impact factor: 5.284
Authors: Andrew G Hill; Sanket Srinivasa; Susan J Hawken; Mark Barrow; Susan E Farrell; John Hattie; Tzu-Chieh Yu Journal: J Grad Med Educ Date: 2012-03