The use of standardized patients for mock oral board exams in neurology: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mock oral board exams, fashioned after the live patient hour of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology exam, are commonly part of resident assessment during residency training. Exams using real patients selected from clinics or hospitals are not standardized and do not allow comparisons of resident performance across the residency program. We sought to create a standardized patient mock oral board exam that would allow comparison of residents' clinical performance.

Methods

Three cases were created and then used for this mock oral boards exercise utilizing trained standardized patients. Residents from the University of Cincinnati and Indiana University participated in the exam. Residents were scored by attending physician examiners who directly observed the

SUBMITTER: Kissela B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1464094 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature