So few medical schools, so many clerk rating systems!
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:: To determine the methods used to rate medical clerks at Canadian medical schools and to investigate whether there is any uniformity across the country. DESIGN:: Survey by means of questionnaire mailed to the chairpeople of the departments of medicine at the 16 Canadian medical schools. OUTCOME MEASURES:: From the 15 schools that responded information was gathered on the descriptor, letter and numeric grades or rankings used to evaluate clinical clerks. A breakdown of the levels of descriptor grades was obtained along with the distribution of student scores according to these levels. RESULTS:: Descriptor grades were used at 10 (66.6%) of the 15 schools, letter grades at 1 (6.6%) and numeric grades at 4 (26.6%). In schools whose descriptor grades included more levels than “Pass” or “Fail” an average of 11% of students received the highest-level grade, 28% the second-level grade and 58% the grade for “acceptable” performance. There was wide variability in all these measures from school to school. CONCLUSION:: There is a lack of consistency in the criteria used for rating clinical clerks at Canadian medical schools.