ContextCurrent assessment formats for physicians and trainees reliably test core knowledge
and basic skills. However, they may underemphasize some important domains of …

International interest in the teaching and assessment of clinical skills across the professional
continuum has fueled extensive use of simulated patients in multiple station events by …

Objective: To assess the validity of standardised patients to measure the quality of
physicians' practice. Design: Validation study of standardised patients' assessments …

Objective This paper outlines the considerations to be made when establishing a clinical
skills learning facility. Considerations Establishing a clinical skills learning facility is a …

Being able to predict medical school performance is essential to help ensure the supply of
quality physicians. The purpose of our study was to examine the influence of gender and …

This study assessed the impact of a course on communication skills for third‐year
undergraduate dental students at a dental institute in India. A randomized pretest, posttest …

Assessment of competency in traditional graduate medical education has been based on
observation of clinical care and classroom teaching. In anesthesiology, this has been …

Objective The objective structured examination is one of the most valid, reliable, and
effective tools for assessing clinical and communication skills, often by use of standard …

The incorporation of actors as standardized patients (SPs) to help students achieve learning
goals across a range of topics has become widespread in medical education. SPs are …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using a simulated patient (SP)
to evaluate clinical performance in physical therapy. Sixteen subjects performed a history …