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Final Grade Breakdown

While on the Pediatrics Clerkship, attendings, residents, and community preceptors grade you clinically. In addition to the clinical evaluations, other graded pieces include write-ups, participation, a departmental exam, and the NBME Pediatrics Shelf Exam.


The final grade is broken down as follows:

Clinical Grade = 60%

  • general attending = 30%
  • inpatient residents = 30%
  • outpatient preceptors = 25%
  • newborn nursery attending/residents = 15%


Participation = 10%

  • Includes small group participation, CLIPP cases, and write-ups

 

Departmental Exam = 10%

  • Composed of oral cases, written questions, and multiple choice questions



Shelf Exam = 20%

  • The percentile score accounts for 20% of the final grade
  • A shelf test score of less than the 10th percentile will result in a Condition grade. Students who earn less than the 10th percentile on the shelf test but a passing grade overall must retake the shelf test only.

 


All grade components (on a 100 point scale) are calculated in accordance to the above breakdown. The Final Grade scale is:

  • > 88 = HONORS
  • 75 - 87 = HIGH PASS
  • 50 - 74 = PASS
  • 37.5 - 49 = CONDITION
  • < 37.5 = FAIL