Key Words: Educational AbstractsZiv A, Ben-David MF, Sutnick AI, et al: Lessons learned from 6 years of international administrations of the ECFMG's SP-based clinical skills assessment. Academic Medicine 1998; 73:8491 The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) has announced that in July 1998 a clinical skills component will be added to the examination that foreign medical graduates (FMGs) must take to enter U.S. residency programs. Ziv and colleagues report on a series of studies undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of developing and administering such an assessment in a number of cultures. Representatives of the ECFMG worked with physicians in Israel, Spain, Brazil, Russia, and Ukraine to develop site-specific examinations that drew on a pool of 21 standardized patient cases, all of which were designed to assess the clinical skills of senior medical students or first-year residents. The cases, which were translated into each country's spoken language, consisted of an encounter with a standardized patient, followed by writing a postencounter patient note. There were 10 cases on each examination, and 4 scores were produced for each examinee: data gathering, interpersonal skills, documentation and interpretation of clinical data, and total medical skills score. A total of 683 subjects participated
Educational Abstracts
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Key Words: Educational AbstractsZiv A, Ben-David MF, Sutnick AI, et al: Lessons learned from 6 years of international administrations of the ECFMG's SP-based clinical skills assessment. Academic Medicine 1998; 73:8491 The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) has announced that in July 1998 a clinical skills component will be added to the examination that foreign medical graduates (FMGs) must take to enter U.S. residency programs. Ziv and colleagues report on a series of studies undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of developing and administering such an assessment in a number of cultures. Representatives of the ECFMG worked with physicians in Israel, Spain, Brazil, Russia, and Ukraine to develop site-specific examinations that drew on a pool of 21 standardized patient cases, all of which were designed to assess the clinical skills of senior medical students or first-year residents. The cases, which were translated into each country's spoken language, consisted of an encounter with a standardized patient, followed by writing a postencounter patient note. There were 10 cases on each examination, and 4 scores were produced for each examinee: data gathering, interpersonal skills, documentation and interpretation of clinical data, and total medical skills score. A total of 683 subjects participated
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American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Jun 1, 1998
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