?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Skills+Training+in+Laboratory+and+Clerkship%3A+Connections%2C+Similarities%2C+and+Differences&rft.creator=Guldbrand%2C++Dorte&rft.creator=Moercke+%2C+M.D%2C++Nielsen%2C+Anne+Mette&rft.creator=Wickmann-Hansen+%2C+M.Ed%2C+Gitte&rft.creator=Eika+%2C+M.D.%2C+Ph.D.%2C+Berit&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Context%3A+During+the+third+semester+of+a+6+year+long+curriculum+medical+students+train+clinical+skills+in+the+skills+laboratory+(2+hours+per+week+for+9+weeks)+as+well+as+in+an+early%2C+8+week+clinical+clerkship+at+county+hospitals.%0AObjectives%3A+to+study+students%E2%80%99+expectations+and+attitudes+towards+skills+training+in+the+skills+laboratory+and+clerkship.%0ASubjects%3A+126+medical+students+in+their+3rd+semester.%0AMethods%3A+During+the+fall+of+2001+three+consecutive%2C+constructed+questionnaires+were+distributed+prior+to+laboratory+training%2C+following+laboratory+training+but+prior+to+clerkships%2C+and+following+clerkships+respectively.%0AResults%3A+Almost+all+(98%25)+respondents+found+that+training+in+skills+laboratory+improved+the+outcome+of+the+early+clerkship+and+70%25+believed+in+transferability+of+skills+from+the+laboratory+setting+to+clerkship.+Still%2C+a+majority+(93%25)+of+students+thought+that+the+clerkship+provided+students+with+a+better+opportunity+to+learn+clinical+skills+when+compared+to+the+skills+laboratory.+Skills+training+in+laboratory+as+well+as+in+clerkship+motivated+students+for+becoming+doctors.+Teachers+in+both+settings+were+perceived+as+being+committed+to+their+teaching+jobs%2C+to+demonstrate+skills+prior+to+practice%2C+and+to+give+students+feed+back+with+a+small+but+significant+more+positive+rating+of+the+laboratory.+Of+the+22+skills+that+students+had+trained+in+the+laboratory%2C+a+majority+of+students+tried+out+skills+associated+with+physical+examination+in+the+clerkship%2C+whereas+only+a+minority+of+students+tried+out+more+intimate+skills.+Female+medical+students+tried+significantly+fewer+skills+during+their+clerkship+compared+to+male+students.%0AConclusions%3A+Students+believe+that+skills+laboratory+training+prepare+them+for+their+subsequent+early+clerkship+but+favour+the+clerkship+over+the+laboratory.&rft.date=2003-09&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3193%2F1%2Fres00062.pdf&rft.identifier=++Guldbrand%2C+Dorte+and+Moercke+%2C+M.D%2C+Nielsen%2C+Anne+Mette+and+Wickmann-Hansen+%2C+M.Ed%2C+Gitte+and+Eika+%2C+M.D.%2C+Ph.D.%2C+Berit++(2003)+Skills+Training+in+Laboratory+and+Clerkship%3A+Connections%2C+Similarities%2C+and+Differences.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3193%2F