Communication as a High-Stakes Clinical Skill

the effect of communication skill training on clinical skill of

background and purpose: clinical competence has four essential components: knowledge , physical exam , problem solving and communication skill .the communication skill isn’t an optional extra in medical training but it is a core clinical skill. this study is performed in order to determine whether communication skill training for internal medicine and infectious disease residents improves their...

Assessing Assessment Literacy: Insights From a High-Stakes Test

This study constitutes an attempt to see what Language assessment literacy (LAL) isfor three groups of stakeholders, namely LAL test developers, LAL instructors, andLAL test-takers. The perceptions of the former group were derived from the contentanalysis of the latest version of the LAL test, and those of the latter 2 groups wereassessed through a survey designed by the researcher. Participant...

Simulation as a high stakes assessment tool in emergency medicine

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) will introduce high stakes simulation-based summative assessment in the form of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) into the Fellowship Examination from 2015. Miller's model emphasises that, no matter how realistic the simulation, it is still a simulation and examinees do not necessarily behave as in real life. OSCEs are suit...

High-Stakes Interpretation

Automated Electro-Mechanical Assessment of Psychomotor Skill for High-Stakes Certification in Surgical Robotics

In recent years, surgical robotic systems (SRS) have been employed to great effect in a wide range of minimally invasive procedures [1]. Yet despite the increasing use of these devices in clinical practice, there exists to date no definitive, objective system of measurement of the skill level of a surgeon using an SRS. Assessments of patient outcomes, surgical speed and instrument docking time ...