A Comparison of Third-year Medical Student Clinical and Examination Performances in a Traditional Ps

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Title: A Comparison of Third-year Medical Student Clinical and Examination Performances in a Traditional Psychiatry Clerkship to a Novel Pilot, LSI Curriculum
Authors: Julie Niedermier, Julie Teater, David Kasick, Maryam Jahdi
Abstract:
Objective:  The goal of this study was to compare educational outcomes of medical students who participated in a longitudinal pilot curriculum to those who participated in the existing, traditional curriculum during their third-year of medical school.
Method: The authors reviewed clinical evaluations and examination performances of 15 students enrolled in a pilot curriculum to 60 students who participated in the traditional curriculum. The nove Lead.Serve.Inspire.  (LSI) curriculum consisted of a longitudinal integrated hybrid of internal medicine, neurology, and psychiatry rotations and didactic instruction spanning nearly four months.
Conclusion: Preliminary data from the pilot program is promising, suggesting that the Lead.Serve.Inspire.  (LSI) curriculum may offer an equitable alternative to the traditional discipline-specific block rotations.