title: [Practical clinical skills in medical education 2--internship. A Delphi survey].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the present study was to use the Delphi technique to identify standards of quality for the curriculum of basic clinical skills in the pre-registration internship.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Delphi method was used with a selected panel of 52 experts to set a level of competence for 213 practical clinical skills in a series of three questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the pre-registration internship, the panel reached a 75% level of consensus for 80% of the basic clinical skills. A total of 47 basic clinical skills were identified (97% level of consensus) as core skills that should be mastered by the time of registration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study suggests that further investigations should be performed to identify a core curriculum of basic clinical skills common to all pre-registration internists. In addition, a curriculum of electives should be based on the special characteristics of each training department.
authors.affiliation: Aarhus Universitet, Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Enhed for Medicinsk Uddannelse.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mørcke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eika
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D003697:Delphi Technique; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis