[Assessment of clinical competence of medical school graduates in Italy with standardized patients. The opinion of the examinees]. / Sperimentazione in Italia del metodo del paziente standardizzato per la valutazione della competenza clinica. L'opinione dei neolaureati.
Recenti Prog Med
; 89(11): 575-7, 1998 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-9844443
ABSTRACT
An international collaborative project for the evaluation of clinical competence at the end of the Medical School curriculum using the ECFMG-CSA (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates--Clinical Skills Assessment) prototype was started in Italy in April 1996. Faculty representatives from Italian Medical Schools and experts from the ECFMG in Philadelphia participated in the Project. The CSA consists of integrated clinical encounters with 10 standardized patients during which the examinee is asked to obtain a focused history, perform a relevant physical examination and communicate initial diagnoses and management plan to the Standardized Patient (SP). The SP then completes checklists that are scored by Faculty members. The project was concluded in Spring 1998 and a total of 173 new graduates were examined. The data elaborated by the primary site in Chieti University will be available in the Fall 1998 by the ECFMG in Philadelphia. This preliminary communication reports the opinions of the examinees on the ECFMG-CSA, contained in the questionnaires administered after the test. Most of the examinees considered this new methodology as a valid tool for the assessment of clinical competence, especially history-taking and interpersonal skills and stated that the SP simulations were realistic. The 72% of examinees indicated that the Medical School curriculum does not adequately prepare for the CSA examination. Lastly, 68% was in favour of including the SP in the Medical Licensing Examination.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Simulação de Paciente
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Competência Clínica
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Médicos Graduados Estrangeiros
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Licenciamento em Medicina
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
It
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article