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Correlating Measles Cases And Vaccination Rates In The United States And Abroad, Charu L. Gupta

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Introduction: Measles is a highly contagious and vaccine-preventable viral respiratory infection that continues to affect children and adults in the United States (U.S.) and abroad. Objective: This study aims to correlate vaccination rates and measles cases in the U.S. to countries worldwide during 1995 to 2000 and 2013 to 2018. Methods: Two datasets, measles reported cases and percent single dose measles-containing-vaccine coverage in 1-year old infants, were obtained from World Health Observatory Data portal for 165 countries. Third dataset, population dynamics, was utilized from World Bank portal to convert reported measles cases to measles case rates for selected 165 countries. …

The Effects Of Covid-19 On Staying Alive Nbme Performance And Exam Testing Conditions, Anh Phuong Nguyen

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Objective: This study will study the impact of COVID-19 on Wright State University BSOM class of 2023’s performance on the SA NBME exam and whether there was a difference in the scores between the group who took the test at school compared to at home. Methods: independent samples t-test was used to analyze SA NBME exam scores from BSOM class of 2022 and class of 2023 (n = 231) and also from students in the class of 2023 who took the SA NBME from home and at school. Results: The class of 2023’s performance on the SA NBME exam …

How Medical Student Adherence To Assigned Readings In A Flipped Classroom Curriculum Affects Their Outcomes, Meghan Blank

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Objective: This study is aimed at finding out which level and type of preparation is most effective in helping students to achieve success in a flipped classroom curriculum.

Methods: Surveys were conducted regarding the percentage of required preparation students completed for each type of learning session (peer instruction, team-based learning), whether or not they used supplemental resources, and whether or not they completed >50% or < 50% of the required preparation. These were then compared to student scores on the type of learning activity through Spearman correlations and unpaired t-tests.

Results: The greater the percentage of required preparation completed typically resulted in higher test scores. Supplemental preparation did not directly correlate with higher test scores, with some cases showing a decrease in score with the …

Evaluating Academic Performance In Students Who Are Underrepresented In Medicine, Alexis Marrin

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate academic performance throughout the first two years of medical education of students who classify themselves as underrepresented in medicine (URM) as compared to non-URM students. Methods: Final exam scores from each course throughout the Foundation phase, Clinical Medicine evaluation scores, CBSE scores, and Step 1 scores from three classes of medical students at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine were analyzed using multiple linear regression models, while controlling for MCAT percentile, undergraduate science GPA, and gender. Results: URM students enter medical school with lower entrance data than non-URM students, and …

Implementing Peer Instruction In Medical Education And The Impact On Student Success, Alexander Chase

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In 1991, a physicist at Harvard University, Dr. Eric Mazur, implemented a new style of classroom learning into his introductory physics courses named Peer Instruction.1 The objective of Peer Instruction (PI) was to engage students in interactive discussion throughout the time spent in the classroom. In the PI format, students were assigned reading that was then tested at the start of each class through a reading quiz. Dr. Mazur then spent the remainder of class quizzing his students with questions that were designed to highlight the important aspects of the material in question. All students were required to participate by …

Relationship Between Formative Test Results And Final Exam Performance In First Year Medical School Course, Grace Owens

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Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether formative testing from iRAT and MCQ data was predictive of final exam scores for the Staying Alive course at WSU BSOM. Methods: Data was collected from two consecutive classes of first-year medical students (n=234). Data included students’ formative quiz scores (iRAT), formative exam scores (MCQ), final exam scores (NBME), race, and gender. Three regression models were created to analyze the relationship between formative and final scores. Results: The average iRAT score was not a significant predictor of NBME score. 53-56% of the variability in NBME score was attributed to iRAT, …

Grit And Medicine: Practicing Physicians, Residents, And Medical Students, Michael Bamisile

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Introduction: Since 2012, researchers have focused on understanding the relationship between grit and the successful completion of medical school1. This study seeks to determine how grit levels, measured by survey at matriculation, relate to first year medical school academic performance. This study also seeks to address the discrepancy concerning measurement of grit and implications of grit in medical students before and during COVID-19 and the shift from in-class to on-line instruction. Methods: The data from this study were collected from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSUBSOM), a Midwestern allopathic medical school in the United States. Data were collected …

Ddx 2.0: Efficacy Of A Differential Diagnosis Course For Ms3s Considering Primary Care And Non-Primary Care Specialties, Maya V. Prabhu

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Objective: To assess if medical students interested in pursuing a primary care specialty are more receptive and have a more positive attitude towards formulating differential diagnoses (DDx) using metamemory techniques (MMTs). Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of data obtained from 113 MS3 students from the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Students generated timed DDx for a clinical case before and after an instructional didactic session about MMTs. Demographic data (including intended medical specialty and attitudes towards the overall process) were collected. Paired t-test compared screened and unscreened DDx before and after the intervention. Mixed-repeated measures ANOVA compared pre- and post- intervention screened and …

Examining The Relationship Between Medical Student Satisfaction And Academic Performance In A Pre-Clinical, Flipped-Classroom Curriculum, Matthew J. Mackey

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Medical schools are tasked with the responsibility of facilitating the acquisition of the specific vernacular, skill set, and reasoning capabilities of a physician for a group of individuals with a mélange of diverse experiences. Determining the best methods to train physicians is thus a challenge for those in medical education. Starting with the class of 2021, flipped classroom teaching and learning activities dominate Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine’s (WSU-BSOM) curriculum for MS1s and MS2s. This new curriculum is under constant evaluation to make sure it is best serving Boonshoft students. However, evaluating student evaluations on course satisfaction is …

Medical Students' Understanding Of The Nature Of Science, Garrett V. Kandell

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A questionnaire pertaining to the nature of science was distributed to 120 students matriculating into a midwestern medical school. Questions were so designed to understand student’s ideas on the nature of science and research, their previous involvement in research, and how they see research playing a role in their lives as future physicians. This study was performed to gain a more accurate understanding of what medical students perceive the nature of science and research is along with possible benefits throughout their careers There is a division in literature concerning the benefits of research in medical school and its ability to …

The Relationship Between Advanced Degrees And Performance On Usmle Step 1, Martha E. Orozco Cortes

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While previous studies have analyzed the relationship of pre-admission factors on USMLE Step 1 scores few studies have looked at the effects obtaining a graduate degree prior to medical school matriculation. Therefore, this study sought to determine if there was an advantage between obtaining a graduate degree before medical school when it came to step 1 board scores. This retrospective study analyzed step 1 scores and medical school application data from 718 students who matriculated at a public midwestern medical school between 2014 and 2016. A combination of analyzes of variance, chi-square tests, and multiple regression analyses were used. When …

Success Of Non-Traditional Students In Medical School, Rebecca A. Nowak

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The demographics of United States medical schools are changing to include an increasing number of older students, men and women who have switched careers into medicine, those with post-graduate degrees before starting medical school, and other diverse backgrounds. These “non-traditional” students today are still a minority (an annual questionnaire sent out to matriculating medical students by the Association of American Medical Colleges last year showed as many as 90% of students knew they wanted to study medicine by the end of undergraduate¹) but make up a growing slice of the demographics of current U.S. medical students. Much research …

Academic Success In Medical School For Prematriculation Program Students—A Retrospective Analysis Of Year 1 Course Exams At Boonshoft School Of Medicine At Wright State University, James E. Elliott

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As medical schools are striving to enroll the most diverse candidates to their schools, the medical schools have developed enriching prematriculation programs to their diverse candidates to ensure that all students are prepared for the first year of medical school. The prematriculation programs attempt to build in academic content with study techniques to help students become confident in their learning in the first weeks of school but also in the last months of their first year when they can still employ various study tools learned in the summer from the prematriculation program. However, with the implementation of these programs, there …