PMID- 20042845
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100126
LR  - 20240502
IS  - 1938-808X (Electronic)
IS  - 1040-2446 (Print)
IS  - 1040-2446 (Linking)
VI  - 85
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Utility of the AAMC's Graduation Questionnaire to study behavioral and social 
      sciences domains in undergraduate medical education.
PG  - 169-76
LID - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c464c0 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on social and behavioral sciences 
      (SBS) indicated that 50% of morbidity and mortality in the United States is 
      associated with SBS factors, which the report also found were inadequately taught 
      in medical school. A multischool collaborative explored whether the Association 
      of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) could be used to study 
      changes in the six SBS domains identified in the IOM report. METHOD: A content 
      analysis conducted with the GQ identified 30 SBS variables, which were narrowed 
      to 24 using a modified Delphi approach. Summary data were pooled from nine 
      medical schools for 2006 and 2007, representing 1,126 students. Data were 
      generated on students' perceptions of curricular experiences, attitudes related 
      to SBS curricula, and confidence with relevant clinical knowledge and skills. The 
      authors determined the sample sizes required for various effect sizes to assess 
      the utility of the GQ. RESULTS: The 24 variables were classified into five of six 
      IOM domains representing a total of nine analytic categories with cumulative 
      scale means ranging from 60.8 to 93.4. Taking into account the correlations among 
      measures over time, and assuming a two-sided test, 80% power, alpha at .05, and 
      standard deviation of 4.1, the authors found that 34 medical schools would be 
      required for inclusion to attain an estimated effect size of 0.50 (50%). With a 
      sample size of nine schools, the ability to detect changes would require a very 
      high effect size of 107%. CONCLUSIONS: Detecting SBS changes associated with 
      curricular innovations would require a large collaborative of medical schools. 
      Using a national measure (the GQ) to assess curricular innovations in most areas 
      of SBS is possible if enough medical schools were involved in such an effort.
FAU - Carney, Patricia A
AU  - Carney PA
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 
      Oregon 97239, USA. carneyp@ohsu.edu
FAU - Rdesinski, Rebecca
AU  - Rdesinski R
FAU - Blank, Arthur E
AU  - Blank AE
FAU - Graham, Mark
AU  - Graham M
FAU - Wimmers, Paul
AU  - Wimmers P
FAU - Chen, H Carrie
AU  - Chen HC
FAU - Thompson, Britta
AU  - Thompson B
FAU - Jackson, Stacey A
AU  - Jackson SA
FAU - Foertsch, Julie
AU  - Foertsch J
FAU - Hollar, David
AU  - Hollar D
LA  - eng
GR  - K07AT003346/AT/NCCIH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 AR53812/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 AT003131/AT/NCCIH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 CA121457/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 HD051507/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 AR053812/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 HL082628/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 CA121457-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 HL082629/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 AT003346/AT/NCCIH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 HD051546/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K07 HD051528/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - Acad Med
JT  - Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
JID - 8904605
SB  - IM
MH  - Behavioral Sciences/*education
MH  - Curriculum/*standards
MH  - Delphi Technique
MH  - Diffusion of Innovation
MH  - *Education, Medical, Undergraduate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Schools, Medical/*organization & administration
MH  - Social Sciences/*education
MH  - Societies, Medical
MH  - Students, Medical
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
PMC - PMC2904550
MID - NIHMS203102
EDAT- 2010/01/01 06:00
MHDA- 2010/01/27 06:00
PMCR- 2010/07/15
CRDT- 2010/01/01 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2010/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00001888-201001000-00042 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c464c0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):169-76. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c464c0.