CSEF 2023-2024

3rd year CSEF 2023-24

Guide for the Evaluator: Provide a narrative description of the student's performance. Describe the student’s ability to: Take a history, perform a physical exam, generate a differential diagnosis, come up with an assessment and plan, discuss the plan with and educate the patient, present a patient case, write a clinical note, develop rapport with patients, work with members of the clinical team, act as a professional. Avoid global comments such as "above average", which do not provide meaningful feedback to the student.

  • Provide a narrative of the student's overall performance.
  • Directions

    Select ONE descriptor that most accurately reflects the student’s performance based on the behaviors they were most consistently demonstrating at the end of the clerkship.
  • In this evaluation the following terms are defined as: CONSISTENTLY (Student exhibits this behavior ~ 80% of the time), SOMETIMES (Student exhibits this behavior ~50% of the time), RARELY (Student exhibit this behavior ~ 20% of the time)
  • ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Delivers presentations that are accurate, clear, well organized, focused, and concise for most patients -Accurately reports patient data (history, exam, tests) -Engages audience with excellent public speaking skills -Presents pertinent positive and negative findings in a manner that enables listener to recognize/prioritize the differential diagnosis and rule in/out diseases) -Presents clinical reasoning, including a synthesis statement (i.e., “one-liner”) with a leading diagnosis, a prioritized differential diagnosis with justification, and a management plan for common conditions
  • DOCUMENTATION SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Writes notes that are complete, accurate, and well-organized -Documents diagnostic reasoning, including a synthesis statement (i.e., “one-liner”) with a leading diagnosis and a prioritized differential diagnosis, justifying it with epidemiology (e.g., prevalence) and positive and negative findings -Creates a problem list that is appropriately prioritized and complete for major biopsychosocial problems -Provides an appropriate rationale for the management plan for common conditions
  • DATA SYNTHESIS SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Identifies and attempts to prioritize patients' major biopsychosocial problems and concerns, in the synthesis statement (i.e., “one-liner”) -Prioritizes differential diagnosis accurately for majority of common clinical problems specific to the patient including “can’t miss” diagnoses -Justifies differential diagnosis logically for common clinical problems by using relevant epidemiology (e.g., prevalence), pathophysiology, and pertinent positive and negative clinical findings -Occasionally makes the correct diagnosis for typical presentations of common diseases
  • MANAGEMENT PLANNING SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Provides appropriate management suggestions for most common conditions -Attempts to provide appropriate management suggestions for less common conditions -Provides an appropriate rationale for the management of common conditions
  • COMMUNICATING PLAN AND COUNSELING PATIENTS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Communicates information to the patient that is accurate -Communicates an appropriate level of detail, emphasizes key points and encourages patient questions/perspectives/concerns -Uses language familiar to the patient based on health literacy, avoiding medical jargon, and using an interpreter appropriately -Checks that patient/family understands explanations/counseling
  • TEAMWORK SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Demonstrates respectful interactions with team members and clinical staff -Integrates into team function, by being prepared, completing assigned tasks and volunteering to help with team tasks -Demonstrates an understanding the roles and responsibilities of interprofessional team members -Communicates effectively with interprofessional team members -Proactively keeps team members informed and up to date
  • PROFESSIONALISM AND HUMANISTIC CONDUCT

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Shows patients, colleagues, and staff respect, empathy, and compassion -Demonstrates trustworthiness with patients colleagues, staff and team members -Validates patient’s physical and emotional needs and tries to address them -Demonstrates preparedness, punctuality, and reliability with student responsibilities -Maintains confidentiality -Receives feedback openly and uses it to grow and change behavior
  • INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUE

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Introduces self to patient and attempts to develops rapport -Takes a chronologic history of present illness without interruption -Attempts to use the differential diagnosis to gather data ·Follows an organized interview framework -Uses summarization of history back to patient or checks for accuracy -Actively listens using verbal and non-verbal techniques (reflective statements, summary statements, open body language, nodding, eye contact, etc.) -Completes within appropriate time frame
  • PHYSICAL EXAM/MENTAL STATUS EXAM SKILLS

    A 3rd year student who is competent in this domain: -Uses correct technique for routine physical exam in an organized fashion -Uses the differential diagnosis to guide exam -Performs examination in a patient- sensitive manner -Identifies and interprets common and obvious pertinent findings