?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Integrated+Approach+for+Evaluating+Students'+Achievement+of+Clinical+Objectives%0A&rft.creator=+Bridge+PhD%2C+Patrick+D.&rft.creator=Ginsburg+MD%2C+Kenneth+A.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=During+the+clinical+phase+of+undergraduate+medical+education+(UME)+students+are+often+geographically+dispersed+and+assigned+to+preceptors+throughout+the+community.+Monitoring%2C+documenting%2C+and+evaluating+their+clinical+experiences+and+achievement+of+clinical+objectives+in+this+venue+becomes+a+challenge%2C+especially+for+large+UME+programs.+The+purpose+of+this+manuscript+is+to+discuss+a+method+for+developing+and+implementing+a+school-wide+evaluation+system+for+the+clinical+phase+of+UME.+This+type+of+evaluation+system+links+students'+clinical+experiential+data+with+the+objectives+of+a+clerkship%2C+using+technological+advances%2C+such+as+the+Personal+Digital+Assistant+(PDA)%2C+Internet%2C+and+intranet.+Clerkship+directors+are+provided+real-time+reports+on+student's+progress+toward+achieving+clerkship+objectives+and+are+able+to+monitor+the+clinical+activities+of+the+clerkship.+Students+on+the+other+hand%2C+will+be+empowered+to+take+more+control+of+their+educational+experiences+by+monitoring+their+own+progress.%0A&rft.date=2001-12&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2382%2F1%2Ft0000021.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Bridge+PhD%2C+Patrick+D.+and+Ginsburg+MD%2C+Kenneth+A.++(2001)+An+Integrated+Approach+for+Evaluating+Students'+Achievement+of+Clinical+Objectives.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2382%2F