biostudies-literatureUnknown28(1)Mazotti LA<h4>Introduction</h4>Ambulatory clerkships, including longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs), face challenges to assessment, including time pressure and clinical demands on preceptors. High-quality clinical assessment is critical to implementing competency-based medical education, generating valid grades, and supporting learning. This importance is further heightened with the new pass/fail scoring for US Medical Licensing Exam Step 1, discontinuation of US Medical Licensing Exam Step 2 Clinical Skills, and the growing concern for bias in assessment.<h4>Methods</h4>The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine's LIC spans the first 2 years with 50 students per class. In 2021-2022, the authors created a new faculty role, the clinical assessment specialist (CASp). CASps are higThe Permanente journal76-80https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10940249biostudies-literatureClinical Assessment Specialists: A New Faculty Role to Improve Clerkship Assessment.PMC10940249Amorelli DAKanter MHLupi CSMazotti LANavarro RAHyderi AAfalseClinical Assessment Specialists: A New Faculty Role to Improve Clerkship Assessment.<h4>Introduction</h4>Ambulatory clerkships, including longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs), face challenges to assessment, including time pressure and clinical demands on preceptors. High-quality clinical assessment is critical to implementing competency-based medical education, generating valid grades, and supporting learning. This importance is further heightened with the new pass/fail scoring for US Medical Licensing Exam Step 1, discontinuation of US Medical Licensing Exam Step 2 Clinical Skills, and the growing concern for bias in assessment.<h4>Methods</h4>The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine's LIC spans the first 2 years with 50 students per class. In 2021-2022, the authors created a new faculty role, the clinical assessment specialist (CASp). CASps are hig2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Mar2026-07-14T20:59:47.938Z2026-06-24T03:06:18.936ZS-EPMC109402493803737210.7812/TPP/23.062