Resident acquisition of knowledge during a noontime conference series.

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BACKGROUND

AND OBJECTIVES:
Noontime conferences are widely used in family practice residencies. This study determined the effectiveness of noontime conferences for increasing residents' knowledge.

METHODS:
Twenty residents were tested monthly over 6 months and then cumulatively on the content of noontime conferences.

RESULTS:
Monthly test scores of attendees versus nonattendees were compared using a two-sample, two-tail t test. Results revealed the mean score of attendees for short-term knowledge to be 12.1 points higher than nonattendees. There was no correlation, however, between conference attendance and long-term knowledge retention.

CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings indicate a lack of correlation between noontime conference attendance and long-term cumulative test scores. The results question the value of noontime conferences as a teaching method.

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Author information

Author/s: Picciano, Anne (A); Winter, Robin (R); Ballan, Douglas (D); Birnberg, Bruce (B); Jacks, Maryann (M); Laing, Euton (E);

Affiliation: JFK Family Practice Residency Program, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Edison, NJ 08818, USA. apicciano@solarishs.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Family medicine (Fam Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 35 (issue 6) : pp 418-22

Dates: Created 2003/06/23; Completed 2003/10/10; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12817869, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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