The Ophthalmic Clinical Evaluation Exercise (OCEX).
OBJECTIVE
New concise tools must be developed to assess reliably and validly the core residency competencies identified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.


METHODS
Eighteen content experts (residency program directors).


METHODS
A 1-page Ophthalmic Clinical Exercise Examination (OCEX) checklist, for use during observed resident-patient interactions, was developed by an American Board of Ophthalmology taskforce. The OCEX checklist was sent to 18 content experts for their review and constructive comments.


RESULTS
Experts' comments were incorporated, establishing face and content validity.


CONCLUSIONS
The OCEX has face and content validity. It can be used to assess a resident's patient care skills, medical knowledge, and interpersonal skills. Reliability and predictive validity still need to be determined.
Golnik
Karl C
KC
Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Goldenhar
Linda M
LM
Gittinger
John W
JW
Lustbader
Jay M
JM
D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States