Medical Education 2012: 46: 49–57 Context In response to historical trends in expectations
of doctors, the goals of medical education are increasingly framed in terms of global …

Context specificity, or the variation in a participant's performance from one case, or situation,
to the next, is a recognized problem in medical education. However, studies have not …

Background: Developing feasible, reliable and valid methods for the evaluation of clinical
reasoning is challenging. Aim: To explore feasibility, reliability, and validity evidence for a …

Background: Increased recognition of the importance of competency-based education and
assessment has led to the need for practical and reliable methods to assess relevant skills in …

Purpose To provide descriptive information about history-taking (HX) and physical
examination (PE) performance for US medical students as documented by standardized …

Background The global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led medical
universities in China to conduct online teaching. This study aimed to assess the …

Purpose Medical schools administer locally developed graduation competency
examinations (GCEs) following the structure of the United States Medical Licensing …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to present the structure, process and results of the
objective structured video exam and One-Station standardized patient exam that have been …

Purpose Competence decisions in health professions education require combining scores
from multiple sources and identifying pass–fail decisions based on noncompensatory …

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of physical examination (PE) skills
during our diagnostic medicine course and analyze the characteristics of the data collected …