Alexandra A Cordeiro, Kathleen F Walsh, Radhika Sundararajan, Lindsey K Reif, Margaret McNairy, Jyoti Mathad, Jennifer A Downs, Sasha A Fahme
The Female Global Scholars Program: A mixed-methods evaluation of a novel intervention to promote the retention and advancement of women in global health research
PLOS global public health
medical students rotating emergency departments part clinical education typically evaluated using onshift evaluation tool national clinical assessment tool medical students emergency department ncatem current standard evaluation medical students emergency department regardless level training study aims evaluate whether ncatem detect differences skill levels thirdyear medical students ms3s fourthyear medical students ms4s rotating level 1 trauma center teaching institution authors hypothesized ms4s outperform ms3s across assessment domains given additional training total 930 performance evaluations gathered ms3 ms4 rotating may 2022 june 2023 321 evaluations ms3s 609 evaluations ms4s across six assessment domains ms4s statistically significant higher performances two domains namely emergency recognition management fully entrustable 374 vs 238 p 003 communication fully entrustable 462 vs 336 p 003 findings indicate use ncatem institution reliably differentiated ms3s ms4s two assessment domains trends suggesting ms4s outperform ms3s four domains rise level statistical significance consistent prior validation studies ncat