Comparison and evaluation of the clinical experience of fourth-year medical students in a mandatory emergency medicine clerkship at university and community hospitals.

From 1995 to 1998, 225 medical students taking the Emergency Medicine Clerkship filled out bubble sheets on 15 common clinical problems for each of their clinical shifts. All students had to take a mandatory written final examination. Of 225 students who took the clerkship, 196 students filled out all 10 sheets and took the final examination.