Grading

Sample grade sheet
Evaluation Sheet
Grading Policy

%s of each component and passing scores

25%  Clinical evaluation by faculty and residents

The student will be clinically evaluated based on the medical schools ten clinical competencies comprising ten Likert items on a 1.0-5.0 Likert scale. The ten competencies are as follows:

History Taking
Physical and Mental Status Examination
Record Keeping
Oral Presentations
Fund of Knowledge and Understanding of Disease Mechanisms
Problem Solving and Clinical Application
Relationships with Patients
Professional Relationships
Attitudes and Behaviors
Self-Improvement

In order to pass a student must have >3.0 in all individual competencies and individual mean scores must be <2.5 SD below the group mean in at least eight of the ten.

25%  National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) exam
A passing grade on the NBME >60 is required for passing the course

20%  History and physical write-ups

10% Formal History and Physical write-up

10% Averaged History and Physical write-up and SOAP note grade:

The student will have 6 (1/inpatient week) history and physical examination write-ups evaluated by an attending and 6(1/inpatient week) evaluated by a resident as part of their patient/clinical experience tracking. The student will have the evaluator grade these write-ups on a form as provided below and returned to the Clerkship office. The student will have 6 (1/inpatient week) SOAP notes evaluated by an attending and 6 (1/inpatient week) evaluated by a resident as part of their patient/clinical experience tracking. The student will have the evaluator grade these notes on a form as provided below and return it to the Clerkship office. These grades will be averaged and added to the student’s write-up grade comprising 50% of the write-up grade as outlined in the grading section of the curriculum.  

A score of >60% is required to pass the course

20%  Standardized patient exam
A score of >20% is required to pass the course

10%    ECG test

Required for Grade: Professionalism reflection

100% A final composite score is derived by summing the results of all of the components listed above.