Can a computerized tracking system improve faculty compliance with medical student evaluations?  

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Manthey, David ; Magilner, David I. ; Ozumba, Adora ; Neiberg, Rebecca H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Medical Teacher (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 30 no. 08 (Sep. 2008), page 778.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: M37.K.2008.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Aim: We examined whether using a new personal digital assistant (PDA)-based computerized tracking system (PDAT) improved the rate of faculty evaluation of students compared to using written clinical encounter cards. Also, we examined whether the addition of e-mail reminders to PDAT affected the evaluation rate. Methods: Retrospective review of collected data on evaluation rates before and after implementation of the computerized tracking system, with and without e-mail reminders. Written encounter cards were available during all phases of the study. The study was conducted at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Results: Evaluation rates between three separate 3-month periods were compared: (1) written cards alone, (2) PDAT alone and (3) PDAT plus e-mail reminders to the faculty (PDAT-e). The odds ratio (OR) for faculty completion of evaluations was 2.97 when electronic and paper submission were available compared to paper-only evaluations (95% CI: 2.10-4.22, p-value <0.0001). With the addition of e-mail reminders, the OR was 4.19 (95% CI: 2.98-5.88, p-value <0.0001). Conclusion: PDAT significantly improved faculty compliance with medical student evaluations when compared with written cards alone. The addition of e-mail reminders further improved faculty compliance, but this was not statistically significant. The use of a PDAT appears to be an effective way to improve faculty compliance with medical student evaluations.

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