title: Competency assessment of dermatology trainees in the UK.
abstract: Postgraduate higher specialist training of dermatology in the UK has become more structured over the past 8 years. Increased awareness of the need to police our profession has impelled the introduction of objective competency based assessment. Competency assessment will take three forms: mini clinical evaluation exercise, directly observed procedural skills and 360-degree assessment. These components of assessment will direct much needed rigour into the training system and may be the first step on the road to a formal exit examination in dermatology.
authors.affiliation: The Dermatology Centre, Hope Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. christopher.griffiths@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: C E M
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011996:Records; D006113:United Kingdom