| A standardized patient enrolled in medical school considers the national clinical skills examination. | |
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PMID: 14660424 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The National Board of Medical Examiners' recent decision to include a clinical skills examination as part of the licensing requirements for U.S. medical graduates has generated widespread discussion about the role of standardized patients in medical education. The author demonstrates that while specific clinical skills can and should be integrated into the medical school curriculum, any assessment of these skills using interactions with standardized patients must allow for a fuller range of responses and immediate, multifaceted feedback (content, process, and patient satisfaction) than would be allowed in the proposed Step 2 Clinical Skills. The presence of a national examination would pressure medical schools to adopt the very limited model of patient-physician interaction favored by the National Board of Medical Examiners. In addition, the author argues that the cost of registering for the examination and traveling to one of the few test sites on borrowed money is not justified to verify skills that may be reliably assessed locally. |
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Authors:
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George R Wettach |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 78 ISSN: 1040-2446 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2003 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-12-08 Completed Date: 2004-01-14 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1240-2 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23507-1912, USA. wettacgr@evms.edu |
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Clinical Competence* Education, Medical, Undergraduate / standards* Educational Measurement / methods* Humans Medical History Taking Patient Simulation* Schools, Medical / standards |
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