Simulated Surgery -- an exam for our time? Summary of the current status and development of the MRCGP Simulated Surgery module.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hawthorne, Kamila, ; Mei Ling Denney; Bewick, Mike; Wakeford, Richard
- Source
- Education for Primary Care; Mar2006, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p138-146, 9p
- Subject
- Medical education examinations
Family medicine
General practitioners
Simulated patients
Surgery practice
Study & teaching of medicine
- Language
- ISSN
- 14739879
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN IN THIS AREA• The Simulated Surgery module of the MRCGP examination has been shown to be a valid and reliable assessment of clinical consulting skills.WHAT THIS WORK ADDS• This paper describes the further development of the methodology of the Simulated Surgery, showing the type of data analysis currently used to assure its quality and reliability. The measures taken to tighten up case quality are discussed.SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH• The future development of clinical skills assessments in general practice is discussed. More work is needed on the effectiveness and reliability of lay assessors in complex integrated clinical cases. New methods to test areas that are difficult to reproduce in a simulated environment (such as acute emergencies and cases with the very young or very old) are also needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]