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Table 5 Items in which some school types had more students reporting that they were less well prepared

From: Medical graduates’ preparedness to practice: a comparison of undergraduate medical school training

Subscale

Item

School type

Treatment

Dealing with a patient with cognitive impairment e.g. dementia, delirium

Reformed, Traditional

 

Dealing with a patient with psychiatric/psychological problems e.g. substance abuse, psychosis

Reformed, Traditional

 

Dealing with acutely unwell patients with complex needs e.g. medicine for the elderly

PBL, Traditional

Independent, responsible working

Prioritisation of tasks/time management

Reformed

Managing your own health, including stress

Reformed, Traditional

History, examination, diagnosis and investigation

Critical use of evidence (e.g. from audit, guidelines and research literature) in diagnosis and/or treatment

Reformed

Paperwork

Completing discharge summaries

Reformed, Traditional

Verification of death/death certification

Reformed

  1. The School Type shown had ≤50% graduates reporting that they were well-prepared. The other Schools had >50%