Table 3 Proportion of clinical pictures least frequently seen, before and after implementation of a longitudinal clerkship
Clinical picture | Number of students seeing picture before implementation (%) | Number of students seeing picture after implementation (%) | Change in % | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Polymyalgia rheumatica | 39 (40.6) | 68 (72.3) | 31.7% | < 0.001 |
Frozen shoulder | 41 (42.7) | 69 (73.4) | 30.7% | < 0.001 |
Torticollis | 48 (50.0) | 51 (54.3) | 4.3% | 0.56 |
Bites | 50 (52.1) | 57 (60.6) | 8.6% | 0.24 |
Epicondylitis | 53 (55.2) | 70 (74.5) | 19.3% | 0.005 |
Dupuytren’s contracture | 54 (56.3) | 68 (72.3) | 16.1% | 0.02 |
Ganglion of wrist | 56 (58.3) | 60 (63.8) | 5.5% | 0.44 |
Burns | 57 (59.4) | 65 (69.1) | 9.8% | 0.16 |
Mean | 49.8 (51.8) | 63.5 (67.6) | 15.7% | 0.004 |