M.D. My original project was to obtain peer feedback on the professional attitudes and behavior of third year medical students during their Internal Medicine Clerkship. The goal was to make students aware of professionalism in the process of receiving additional evaluations of students attitudes and behavior. These goals expanded to include having students evaluate themselves and their objectives for the clerkship, reflect on these peer and self evaluations to foster self directed learning. Evaluation forms were developed to assess professional attitudes and behavior. Faculty and housestaff use these to evaluate their students.
Students use identical forms to evaluate themselves and their peers.
Students also develop personal objectives for the clerkship and reevaluate these midway an at the clerkship end. Since July 1996. Students complete a post-clerkship form discussing the peer evaluation process. This project has empowered students to modify their perceptions, behavior and direction in a meaningful way. M.D. Core clerkships are hospital based and discipline specific.