The authors found that “clerkship order was significantly associated with performance on clerkship subject examinations and overall grades [with the strongest associations appearing to be with internal medicine as the initial clerkship, followed by pediatrics], but not with clerkship clinical performance or United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 scores. The success of student clinical performance may be related to factors other than those included within the scope of this study. Additional analyses of student performance in the clinical setting and in other institutions may help provide optimal experiences for students.”(JAMA. 2010;304[11]:1220-1226. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org)
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JAMA. (2010;304[11]:1220-1226)