How well do doctors think they perform on the General Medical Council's Tests of Competence pilot examinations? A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how accurately doctors estimated their performance on the General Medical Council's Tests of Competence pilot examinations.

Design

A cross-sectional survey design using a questionnaire method.

Setting

University College London Medical School.

Participants

524 medical doctors working in a range of clinical specialties between foundation year two and consultant level.

Main outcome measures

Estimated and actual total scores on a knowledge test and Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

Results

The pattern of results for OSCE performance differed from the results for knowledge test performance. The majority of doctors significantly underestimated their OSCE performance. Whereas estimated knowledge test performance di

SUBMITTER: Mehdizadeh L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3918998 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature