Building reliable and generalizable clerkship competency assessments: Impact of 'hawk-dove' correction.

Purpose: Systematic differences among raters' approaches to student assessment may result in leniency or stringency of assessment scores. This study examines the generalizability of medical student workplace-based competency assessments including the impact of rater-adjusted scores for leniency and stringency.

Methods: Data were collected from summative clerkship assessments completed for 204 students during 2017-2018 the clerkship at a single institution.

Evaluating the Reliability and Validity Evidence of the RIME (Reporter-Interpreter-Manager-Educator) Framework for Summative Assessments Across Clerkships.

Purpose: The ability of medical schools to accurately and reliably assess medical student clinical performance is paramount. The RIME (reporter-interpreter-manager-educator) schema was originally developed as a synthetic and intuitive assessment framework for internal medicine clerkships. Validity evidence of this framework has not been rigorously evaluated outside of internal medicine.

Burnout in OB/GYN Students and Residents.

In this article we address the concept of burnout, first in the medical student setting, and then in the residency setting. We will review the prevalence followed by a discussion of risk factors, consequences, and finally thoughts on prevention and intervention.

Reassessing the impact of smoking on preeclampsia/eclampsia: are there age and racial differences?

Objective: To investigate the association between cigarette use during pregnancy and pregnancy-induced hypertension/preeclampsia/eclampsia (PIH) by maternal race/ethnicity and age.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was based on the U.S.