Feasibility, reliability, and validity of the mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mCEX) in a medicine core clerkship.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the feasibility, reliability and validity of the mCEX when used to evaluate medical students' clinical skills in a medicine core clerkship.


METHODS
In 2002, students were required to complete nine mCEX during their medicine clerkship. Mean mCEX scores were correlated with exam scores and course grades.


RESULTS
89% of targeted mCEX were completed. The reproducibility coefficient for eight mCEX was.77. Mean mCEX scores were significantly correlated with exam scores (r =.22; p =.004), inpatient (r =.43; p <.0001), outpatient (r =.35; p <.0001), and final course grades (r =.19; p =.014).


CONCLUSIONS
These data support the feasibility, reproducibility, and validity of the mCEX in evaluating medicine clerkship students' clinical skills.
Kogan
Jennifer R
JR
jennifer.kogan@uphs.upenn.edu
Bellini
Lisa M
LM
Shea
Judy A
JA
D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States