Your final grade will depend on
written evaluations from the Faculty Preceptor
(who is required to administer an oral exam),
written evaluations by the residents and your
performance on the National Board examination
for OB/GYN. Evaluations are required from the
residents to whom you were specifically assigned.
The forms will be distributed and collected by
the Clerkship Coordinator. However, you are encouraged
to obtain evaluations from other residents with
whom you worked, or any attending. Each source
(preceptor, residents at both hospital site) is
equally weighted to determine your clinical grade
– approximately 1/3 each.
The written examination will take place the
afternoon of the final Friday of the clerkship.
The exam is issued and scored by the National
Board of Medical Examiners. The oral examination
will take place during the last assigned meeting
with your preceptor.
A clinical grade and a final grade will be issued.
The grades will be honors, high pass, pass, conditional,
and fail according to the following criteria:
HONORS
Honors or excellent evaluation by the faculty
preceptor and housestaff coupled with a score on
the exam over the 90th percentile nationwide and
at least one standard deviation above the GW
mean. Unexplained or unexcused nonattendance at
Grand Rounds, conferences and lectures will nullify
the honors grade. Note: A high pass as a clinical
grade can still lead to an honors as a final grade
so long as the written test is over the 90th percentile.
Contrawise, an honors score on the written exam
does not ensure a honors as a final grade unless
the clinical grade is at least high pass. This
allows an honors grade to be given to approximately
25-28% of the class.
HIGH PASS
Above average performance but not honors level
evaluation by preceptor, housestaff and written
exam.
PASS
Minimum score of 55 with adequate evaluations.
Satisfactory attendance at all conferences and
core lectures. Satisfactory written evaluations
from preceptor and housestaff.
CONDITIONAL
This grade will be given for borderline/failing
performance clinically or on the written examination.
Further work (clinical or retaking examination)
will be necessary. Once a conditional grade is
issued, it will become either conditional/pass
or conditional/fail as the final grade pending
remediation.
FAIL
An examination score below passing coupled
with consistently poor and substandard evaluations.
In addition, each student will be required to
turn in an evaluation of the OB/GYN clerkship
(overall program as well as housestaff and faculty).
The evaluation forms will be distributed by the
Student Coordinator the week before the final
examination. These forms should be returned the
day of the final exam.
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