The use of a patient note to evaluate clinical skills of first-year residents who are graduates of foreign medical schools
Authors
Stillman, Paula L.Regan, Mary Beth
Haley, Heather-Lyn
Norcini, John J.
Friedman, Miriam
Sutnick, Alton I.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Office of Medical EducationDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
1992-10-01Keywords
*Clinical CompetenceEducational Measurement
*Foreign Medical Graduates
*Internship and Residency
Pilot Projects
United States
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Medical Education
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
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Standardized patients (SPs) are being used with increasing frequency to teach and assess clinical skills at many U.S. and Canadian medical schools. National organizations responsible for the licensure and certification of physicians have recently undertaken large pilot projects to determine the merits of this method of performance-based assessment. These assessments typically use a multi-station examination where examinees move from room to room and examine SPs who simulate a variety of health complaints. There may also be non-patient-based stations where the examinees interpret X-rays, diagnostic studies, videotapes, and so forth. The study reported here is part of a project conducted by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), which uses SPs at multiple test sites to assess graduates of foreign medical schools.Source
Acad Med. 1992 Oct;67(10 Suppl):S57-9.