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Assessing the Knowledge of Fourth-Year Medical Students in Milestones Level 1

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Currently, there is no available standardized tool to assess the knowledge of incoming interns in OBGYN as described in Milestones Level 1. We examined the knowledge of fourth-year medical students on a multiple-choice examination based on the OBGYN Milestones Level 1 and compared their performance to students who completed the same questions during their OBGYN clerkship. Medical students’ knowledge on essential topics in OBGYN significantly declined from their OBGYN clerkship to end of their fourth year. This decline in knowledge retention over the continuum of education from UME to GME highlights the need for implementation of residency preparatory courses.

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This abstract was presented at the 2015 CREOG/APGO national meeting [9].

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  1. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    David Marzano, Emily Kobernik & Maya Hammoud

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. L4000 Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    David Marzano

  3. Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Susan Cox

  4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    John L. Dalrymple

  5. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Lorraine Dugoff

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Correspondence to David Marzano.

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Medical students’ knowledge on essential topics in OBGYN does not meet Milestones Level 1, highlighting the need for further preparation prior to residency.

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Marzano, D., Kobernik, E., Cox, S. et al. Assessing the Knowledge of Fourth-Year Medical Students in Milestones Level 1. Med.Sci.Educ. 26, 287–290 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0292-1

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