Course Evaluation

The effectiveness of the course and the quality of the clinical teaching is assessed by the students using an evaluation form especially designed for that purpose. The overall effectiveness of the learning opportunities is judged by the course directors using the information derived from the students' evaluations and their observations of the components which constitute the course.

Each student is debriefed concerning his/her experiences on the Family and Community Medicine Clerkship at the end of the course. These candid comments are compiled by the director and disseminated to the faculty to reinforce positive findings and seek ways to remove negative findings.

The availability of appropriate clinical teaching material is determined by a computer analysis of the student's Patient Experience Logbook. This provides information on the number, sex, race, distribution of presenting problems, diagnosis, laboratory usage, office procedures and drug prescribing experience. This analysis is shared with the various teaching sites to ensure a continual source of appropriate patient encounters.