A Rollercoaster of Grades Versus Growth in the Clerkship Year: A Phenomenological Study of Medical Student Experience with Competency Development
Tension exists in the clinical environment for clerkship students between an orientation that focuses on maximizing grades versus maximizing growth. The former defined an era of medical education that is fading, while the latter offers a new vision for the future. The threats posed by continuing to grade and rank students seems incompatible with goals of implementing CBME.
Authors
- Melissa D. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-1954)
- Pamela Hudson Baker
- Abigail Martini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-8113)
- Danielle Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4857-6936)
- Eric J. Warm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-2434)
- Laurah Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-1313)
- Matthew Kelleher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6400-1745)
- Sally A. Santen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8327-8002)
- Benjamin Kinnear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-4130)
- Daniel J. Schumacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-8452)
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perspectives on Medical Education
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1564
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63