title: The Swedish specialist examination in emergency medicine: form and function.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the Swedish specialist examination in Emergency Medicine is not only to determine whether residents have attained the level of competence of specialists, but also to guide and facilitate residency training.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine has developed checklists that delineate criteria of consideration and action items for particular processes. These checklists are freely available and used to assess competence during the examination. They are also intended for use during teaching and clinical care, thus promoting alignment between clinical practice, teaching and assessment. The examination is carried out locally by residency program educators, thereby obviating travel expenses. It consists of a total of 24 stations and over 100 potential scenarios, thereby minimizing case specificity. Each station consists of a scenario based on a real case. The checklists allow for direct feedback to the examinee after each station.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This model may be of interest to other European countries.
authors: aEmergency Department, Skane's University Hospital, Lund bPracticum Clinical Skills Centre, Region Skane cAnesthesiology Department, Ersta Hospital dStockholm's County Council eKarolinska Institution, Södersjukhus Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Eric T
authors: ET
authors: Dryver
authors: Anders
authors: A
authors: Eriksson
authors: Patrik
authors: P
authors: Söderberg
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Kurland
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D013548:Sweden