Early clinical exposure improves the clinical skills of medical students compared with traditional teaching¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? ECE significantly improves the clinical skills of medical students compared to the traditional teaching method. → Shaban Eman E. 2025

Evidence¶

Shaban Eman E. 2025¶

Shaban Eman E., Elmelliti Hussam, Shaban Amira, Shaban Ahmed, Zaki Hany A. (2025). Impact of early clinical exposure on medical students’ competency development: a systematic review of evidence from Asian and African countries. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08103-9

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative synthesis of an interventional study reported within the systematic review: post-OSCE scores were "significantly higher among medical students who received the ECE intervention" (7.45 vs. 5.08; p < 0.0001).

"Rawekar and colleagues observed that the post-OSCE scores were significantly higher among medical students who received the ECE intervention compared to those subjected to the traditional teaching schedule (7.45 vs. 5.08; p < 0.0001)"

Shaban Eman E. 2025 (2)¶

Shaban Eman E., Elmelliti Hussam, Shaban Amira, Shaban Ahmed, Zaki Hany A. (2025). Impact of early clinical exposure on medical students’ competency development: a systematic review of evidence from Asian and African countries. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08103-9

q2 · i? · review · r2

Quasi-experimental study synthesized narratively: ECE-group students had "significantly higher mean scores than those in the conventional teaching group" (18.01 vs. 14.32; p < 0.001) for blood pressure measuring skills.

"Sekkizhar et al. [14] found that students in the ECE group had significantly higher mean scores than those in the conventional teaching group (18.01 vs. 14.32; p < 0.001), implying that students in the ECE group acquired and demonstrated improved blood pressure measuring skills."

Discussion¶

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