- Title
- The mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for assessing clinical performance of international medical graduates
- Creator
- Nair, Balakrishnan R.; Alexander, Heather G.; McGrath, Barry P.; Parvathy, Mulavana S.; Kilsby, Eve C.; Wenzel, Johannes; Frank, Ian B.; Pachev, George S.; Page, Gordon G.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 189, Issue 3, p. 159-161
- Relation
- http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_03_040808/nai11406_fm.html
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, reliability and acceptability of the mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for performance assessment among international medical graduates (IMGs). Design, setting and participants: Observational study of 209 patient encounters involving 28 IMGs and 35 examiners at three metropolitan teaching hospitals in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, September–December 2006. Main outcome measures: The reliability of the mini-CEX was estimated using generalisability (G) analysis, and its acceptability was evaluated by a written survey of the examiners and IMGs. Results: The G coefficient for eight encounters was 0.88, suggesting that the reliability of the mini-CEX was 0.90 for 10 encounters. Almost half of the IMGs (7/16) and most examiners (14/18) were satisfied with the mini-CEX as a learning tool. Most of the IMGs and examiners enjoyed the immediate feedback, which is a strong component of the tool. Conclusion: The mini-CEX is a reliable tool for performance assessment of IMGs, and is acceptable to and well received by both learners and supervisors.
- Subject
- mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX); international medical graduates (IMGs); reliability; performance assessment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41708
- Identifier
- uon:4918
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Language
- eng
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