Paediatric short case examination.
The short case is a highly artificial scenario, in which the examination candidate is given little or no history and instructed to examine one system or one aspect of a patient and draw conclusions. Despite their artificiality, short cases test clinical skills which senior paediatricians value and consider essential qualities of a competent physician. This article presents some general suggestions on an approach to doing short case examinations.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Discipline of Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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assessment; clinical examination; competency