Assessment of medical student clinical competencies in the neurology clinic.

Education research: Assessment of neurology resident clinical competencies in the neurology clinic.

BACKGROUND Objective evaluation of neurology resident clinical skills is required by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is important to insure improvement in clinical competency throughout their residency. METHODS In this study, neurology residents from all 3 years of training and neurology faculty independently completed a form on new clinic patients documenting their decisio...

The portfolio approach to competency-based assessment at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

Despite the rapid expansion of interest in competency-based assessment, few descriptions of assessment systems specifically designed for a competency-based curriculum have been reported. The purpose of this article is to describe the design of a portfolio approach to a comprehensive, competency-based assessment system that is fully integrated with the curriculum to foster an educational environ...

Analysis of pre-clinical student narratives - progress in assessment of ACGME competencies

Pre-clinical exposure to patients provides opportunities for medical students to display competencies which may be expressed in reflective narratives. Geriatric education experts used qualitative consensus methods to identify themes expressed in second year medical student narratives which were mapped to ACGME Core Competencies. Concept searches operationalizing these same competencies were cre...

A Comparison of Nurses' Clinical Competences in Two Hospitals Affiliated to Shiraz and Boushehr Universities of Medical Sciences: A Self-Assessment

Introduction: Evaluating nurses' clinical competencies is of special importance in managing care process and determining their educational needs. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical competen-cies and clinical skills application by nurses in two hospitals affiliated to Boushehr and Shiraz Medical Universities. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the clinical competencie...

Significant Increase in the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iran in 2011