Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Teach Learn Med. 2013;25(1):71-6. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2012.741541.
Grade inflation is a growing concern, but the degree to which it continues to exist in 3rd-year internal medicine (IM) clerkships is unknown.
The authors sought to determine the degree to which grade inflation is perceived to exist in IM clerkships in North American medical schools.
A national survey of all Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine members was administered in 2009. The authors assessed key aspects of grading.
Response rate was 64%. Fifty-five percent of respondents agreed that grade inflation exists in the Internal Medicine clerkship at their school. Seventy-eight percent reported it as a serious/somewhat serious problem, and 38% noted students have passed the IM clerkship at their school who should have failed.
A majority of clerkship directors report that grade inflation still exists. In addition, many note students who passed despite the clerkship director believing they should have failed. Interventions should be developed to address both of these problems.
成绩膨胀是一个日益令人担忧的问题，但它在第 3 年内科实习中继续存在的程度尚不清楚。
作者试图确定在北美医学院的内科实习中，成绩膨胀被认为存在的程度。
2009 年对所有内科住院医师培训主任进行了一项全国性调查。作者评估了评分的关键方面。
回复率为 64%。55%的受访者同意他们学校的内科实习存在成绩膨胀现象。78%的人认为这是一个严重/有些严重的问题，38%的人指出他们学校的学生通过了内科实习，而这些学生本应不及格。
大多数住院医师培训主任报告说成绩膨胀仍然存在。此外，许多人注意到尽管住院医师培训主任认为学生应该不及格，但仍有学生通过了实习。应该制定干预措施来解决这两个问题。
