Hands-on Clinical Clerkship at the Department of General Medicine in a University Hospital Improves Medical Students' Self-Evaluation of Skills of Performing Physical Examinations and Informed Consent: A Questionnaire-Based Prospective Study.
Yoshinori TokushimaMasaki TagoMidori TokushimaShun YamashitaYuka HirakawaHidetoshi AiharaNaoko E KatsukiMotoshi FujiwaraShu-Ichi YamashitaPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2022)
A hands-on clinical clerkship at the Department of General medicine in a university hospital in Japan provided medical students with higher self-confidence in their skills of performing a physical examination and better understanding of patients' treatment options and the process of informed consent than observation-based training.