title: Structured assessments of clinical competence.
abstract: Clinical teachers are often involved in assessing clinical competence in the workplace, in universities and colleges. Assessments commonly used to formally assess clinical competence include long and short cases and the objective structured clinical examination which, if well designed, is a fair and reliable method of assessing clinical competence.
authors.affiliation: St George's, University of London, London.
authors.forename: Katharine A M
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Boursicot
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D004739:England; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*