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Table 2 Characteristics of the 2nd and 3rd year clinical skills logbook encounters

From: Using deliberate practice framework to assess the quality of feedback in undergraduate clinical skills training

Time period Jan 2017 – Dec 2017

2nd year evaluations

3rd year evaluations

Feedback entries, N:

425

600

Participant/Evaluator characteristics:

 Number of students/logbooks

25

30

 Number of tasks assessed per student (range)

1–17

1–20

 Number of clinical tutors

10

10

 Number of tasks assessed per clinical tutor (range)

1–12

1–10

 Number of peers (range)

50–100

50–100

 Number of tasks assessed per peer (range)

1–30

1–30

Encounter focus:

 Physical examination skills (2 tutor and 4 peer assessed)

7 (40%)

6 (30%)

 Procedural skills (all peer assessed)

10 (60%)

14 (70%)

Category of students assessed based on end of year OSCE marks:

 Low achievers (< 50%)

5 (20%)

10 (38%)

 Average achievers (50–69%)

10 (40%)

10 (30%)

 High achievers (> 70%)

10 (40%)

10 (31%)