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Pediatric Clerkship Student Evaluation
The student's final evaluation will represent a composite of several items. These include:
I. Written evaluations of the student's performance on the inpatient portion
of the clerkship.
II. Written evaluations of the student's performance on the outpatient portion
of the clerkship.
III. Performance on the end of the clerkship examinations.
IV. Assessment by the preceptors
V. After the conclusion of the clerkship, evaluators will be asked to meet and discuss
each student just completing the clerkship. This will also help, it is hoped, to enforce
timely completion of student evaluations.
Criteria for honors:
The curriculum committee of the medical school has suggested that the top 15% (+/- 5%) of
students be awarded honors in any given clerkship. Honors students will be expected to show
special or outstanding ability in pediatrics. The evaluation process involves some degree
of subjectivity resulting from the variability of any student's experience on the pediatric
clerkship and the differences among faculty. Every effort will be made to be fair. Factors
to be taken into consideration when assigning honors include: an assessment of an honors
performance by a preponderance of both inpatient and outpatient evaluators, honors for the
end of the clerkship examinations, and an indication of a willingness to work above and
beyond the amount necessary to get by, e.g., research a topic and present it to your
inpatient team or participate in some pediatric related activity other than those required
in the course of the clerkship. Remember, too, that Brown students generally do very well
in the residency matching process; so, please, try not to obsess about evaluation and instead
try to learn as much about pediatrics as you can.
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Bio-Med 450: The Pediatric Clerkship |