Medical education relies heavily on assessment formats that require raters to assess the
competence and skills of learners. Unfortunately, there are often inconsistencies and …

Purpose The mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (mCEX) is increasingly being used to assess
the clinical skills of medical trainees. Existing mCEX research has typically focused on …

Introduction Direct observation of clinical skills is a key assessment strategy in competency-
based medical education. The guidelines presented in this paper synthesize the literature …

Purpose United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores are frequently used
by residency program directors when evaluating applicants. The objectives of this report are …

Medical Education 2012: 46: 38–48 Context Programmatic assessment is a notion that
implies that the strength of the assessment process results from a careful combination of …

Throughout their careers, physicians are exposed to a wide array of assessments, including
those aimed at evaluating knowledge, clinical skills, and clinical decision‐making. While …

Conclusions While there are many psychometric challenges associated with the
assessments pertinent to the education of anesthesiologists, technological advances …

Educational assessment for the health professions has seen a major attempt to introduce
competency based frameworks. As high level policy developments, the changes were …

(Self-care competency framework. Volume 1. Global competency standards for health and
care workers to support people's self-care-Volume 2. Knowledge guide for health and care …

Abstract Education in Doctor of Medicine programs has moved towards an emphasis on
clinical competency, with entrustable professional activities providing a framework of …