CANADIAN EXPERIENCE WITH STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS

Authors
GRANDMAISON P LESCOP J BRAILOVSKY CA
Citation
P. Grandmaison et al., CANADIAN EXPERIENCE WITH STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS, CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal, 148(9), 1993, pp. 1573-1576
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08203946
Volume
148
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1573 - 1576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0820-3946(1993)148:9<1573:CEWSCE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The use of structured clinical examinations to improve the evaluation of medical students and graduates has become significantly more common in the past 25 years. Many Canadian medical educators have contribute d to the development of this technique. The Canadian experience is rev iewed from the introduction of simulated-standardized patients and obj ective-structured clinical examinations to more recent developments an d the use of such examinations for licensure and certification.