THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRUCTURED CLINICAL INSTRUCTION MODULE AS A VEHICLE FOR CANCER EDUCATION

Authors
SLOAN DA DONNELLY MB SCHWARTZ RW PLYMALE MA STRODEL WE KENADY DE MCGRATH PC EDWARDS MJ SINGLETARY SE EVANS DB SOUBA WW BLAND KI BALCH CM SMITH B GADD M WITTE FA CHAMBERLAIN RM WILSON J GARRISON J GRIFFITH C NEILL RA CIBULL M MUNN R DEPRIEST P VASCONEZ HC BIRCHFIELD P BAKER K SCHOLES MM KRAMER C MURRAY L ROSENBAUM M WEIL R KLINE M STIGERS K ASHKI M
Citation
Da. Sloan et al., THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRUCTURED CLINICAL INSTRUCTION MODULE AS A VEHICLE FOR CANCER EDUCATION, The American journal of surgery, 173(3), 1997, pp. 220-225
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The American journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029610
Volume
173
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
220 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9610(1997)173:3<220:TMSCIM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Structured Clinical Instruction Module (SCIM) modifies the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for teaching pur poses. This study determined the effectiveness of a breast cancer SCIM in enhancing residents' clinical skills. METHODS: Twenty-five residen ts, 15 faculty members, and 12 breast cancer patients (simulated and a ctual) participated in the multistation, multidisciplinary SCIM. After ward, faculty members, residents, and patients evaluated the SCIM. Res idents completed an 18-item self-assessment of their skills before and after the SCIM. RESULTS: All residents, faculty members, and patients rated the SCIM as either outstanding or above average as an education al experience. The residents' self-assessments of their skills were si gnificantly higher after the SCIM than before. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that residents are aware of their deficiencies in breast cancer management. The SCIM provides an excellent format for residents to im prove their clinical skills. (C) 1997 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.