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Differentiating Pre- and Postclerkship Students with a Video Tape Exam

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A video tape test of general psychiatry, previously reported1 to discriminate third year students finishing different programs (wards) was applied to a group of second year students following their courses in basic psychiatry. In contrast to earlier attempts in the literature this test could discriminate second year from post clerkship students (P <.0001). Discriminate function analysis yielded a subset of 10 questions which would select second from third year students with 96 percent accuracy, and seven video tape based items could predict 91 percent accurately. Thus the authors conclude that video tape test material can be used to assess clinical training and compare program (clerkship) efficacy.

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Fifth Avenue and 100th Street, New York, N. Y., 10029, USA

    Arthur T. Meyerson M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry) &  John Thornton Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Statistics)

  2. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, USA

    Alan Wachtel M.D. (Instructor of Psychiatry)

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  1. Arthur T. Meyerson M.D.
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Meyerson, A.T., Wachtel, A. & Thornton, J. Differentiating Pre- and Postclerkship Students with a Video Tape Exam. Acad Psychiatry 3, 55–61 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399723

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