Longitudinal Musculoskeletal Education for Medical Students

Longitudinal Musculoskeletal Education for Medical Students

Grant:
Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching
Academic Year:
2011 - 2012 (June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012)
Funding Requested:
$10,000.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
seetha
gooby
Overview of the Project:
The goal of this project is to:1.Develop and maintain multidisciplinary, interactive musculoskeletal educational activities for 3rd and 4th year University of Michigan medical students that provide opportunities for formative assessment and feedback2. Create and administer a validated, reliable musculoskeletal skills assessment for 4th year medical students3. Increase medical students' confidence in their ability to examine and diagnose patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
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Project Objectives:
Objectives for this project included to: 1. Develop and maintain a multidisciplinary, interactive musculoskeletal education activity for 3rd year medical students that provides opportunity for formative assessment and direct feedback 2. Create and administer a validated, reliable musculoskeletal skills assessment for fourth year medical students that assesses knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Project Achievements:
The project has allowed us to administer teaching interventions to third year medical students that provided education along with direct observation and feedback. In addition, a formative/summative assessment of musculoskeletal skills was developed and administered to 45 fourth year medical students during the 9 months of grant funding to date. Data on students' performance in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards musculoskeletal examination skills has been collected and has undergone preliminary quantitative analysis. We have been able to document a discrepancy between students' cognitive knowledge of core musculoskeletal skills and their ability to actually perform the relevant skills. With this baseline data, we will be able to compare performance with and without a structured educational intervention for third year medical students.
Continuation:
The second year of the project begins in January 2013. We would like to continue the project for at least one year following the initial period.
Dissemination:
Our initial findings have been presented as a poster at the University of Michigan Medical School's annual Medical Education Day, and will be presented in a talk at the American College of Rheumatology's annual scientific meeting in Washington D.C. in November. We are writing a paper for submission to a musculoskeletal medicine - focused journal. Additionally, data related to this project will be presented to the UM medical school Curriculum Policy Committee to inform future educational and assessment strategies related to musculoskeletal medicine.
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