SUMMARY Previous projects (Combell I & II) to assess clinical skills were conducted in
medical schools in Catalonia, in order to introduce a model of such an assessment using …

A case‐specific method of evaluating clinical skills is presented. The instrument is described
together with its evaluation based on results from ninety‐two medical students. The method …

Objective Clinical skills assessment using standardized patients (SPs) is an accepted
method of professional testing, but some factors can threaten the validity of the scores …

This booklet aims to provide relevant background information and guidelines for medical
school teachers in clinical departments charged with assessing the clinical competence of …

Assessment of a doctor's or student's clinical competence is of key importance. The
examiner should ask what competencies he is attempting to assess and how he can best …

In a previous study we described a problem‐based criterion‐referenced test of the clinical
competence of medical students which was felt to offer advantages over the traditional final …

Aim: A need was felt to improve the quality of admission and licensing procedures for
international medical graduates in The Netherlands. Method: A clinical skills assessment …

The introduction of a clinical skills examination (CSE) to Step 2 of the US Medical Licensing
Examination (USMLE) has focused attention on the design and delivery of large-scale …

Purpose To examine the validity of a written knowledge test of skills for performance on an
OSCE in postgraduate training for general practice. Methods A randomly‐selected sample of …

The present study was conducted to provide in‐depth information on the reliabilities of
measures of the separate components of clinical competence (eg data collection, test …