Effect of student-directed solicitation of evaluation forms on the timeliness of completion by preceptors in the United States

The aim of the present study was to determine whether a student-directed approach to summative evaluation form collection at the end of a pediatrics clerkship would enhance timeliness of completion for third-year medical students. The study materials were evaluation form data from 156 third-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine who were assigned to complete their required 4-week pediatric clerkship at our primary clinical site (outpatient and inpatient) during the 2017–2018 academic year (82 students; pre-intervention) and the 2018–2019 academic year (74 students; post-intervention).