Purpose: Investigate whether implementation of APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives into an OBGYN clerkship didactic curriculum results in higher NBME exam scores.
Background: Medical student curriculum reform is at the forefront of OBGYN educational research. Active, adult learning techniques are highly touted; data are promising for student satisfaction, but more studies about effect on objective assessments are needed.
Methods: We implemented 21 of 58 APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives into the OBGYN Clerkship didactic curriculum during academic year (AY) 2018-2019. Students were assigned pre-reading material and completed weekly, graded individual readiness assessment tests, followed by team readiness assessments, before each didactic session. NBME scores were compared pre- and post-intervention (AY 2017-2018 to AY 2018-2019, respectively) by yearly cumulative, as well as by individual cohort within each year. Analysis was completed with independent samples t-test with two-sided P < 0.05 statistically significant.
Results: Overall, AY 2018-2019 had higher average NBME scores than AY 2017-2018, although not statistically significant (79.5 vs 78.6, P=0.29). Cohorts 4 and 6 showed significantly higher scores in AY 2018-2019 relative to AY 2017-2018, 80.0 vs 75.4 and 82.1 vs 77.7 respectively, (P< 0.05). Cohorts 3 and 5 scores were slightly higher on average and cohorts 1 and 2 scores were lower on average in AY 2018-2019 relative to AY 2017-2018, but these differences were not found to be statistically significant.
Discussions: Implementation of the APGO Medical Student Education Objectives into our OBGYN didactic curriculum showed a trend toward higher NBME scores, suggesting benefit, however this difference was not statistically significant.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2020, Student, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Medical Knowledge, GME, Assessment, Lecture, Team-Based Learning, General Ob-Gyn,
Meghan Valentine, MD; Washington University; Kristin Gorelik, MD; Andrew Sparks, MS
