title: Assessing interviewing skills: the simulated office oral examination.
abstract: The College of Family Physicians of Canada uses a simulated office oral examination to test candidates for certification in family medicine. This examination has been highly successful. An analysis of this instrument provides a description of skills required for a certificant of the college. Its basic outline can be used to assess residents' interviewing skills during training and to help prepare them for practice.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014743:Videotape Recording