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Assessment of clinical competence
Abstract Current approaches to the examination of clinical competence at the undergraduate level are reviewed and differences in the approaches adopted in Australasia, Britain and North America are mentioned. The test methods used in these examinations are discussed critically and their separate strengths and weaknesses highlighted.
David Newble
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Ensuring Clinical Competence in Oman
Albert Einstein said: "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Assessment is arguably the most important method of driving up standards and yet "there is probably more bad practice and ignorance of significant issues in the area of assessment than in any other aspect of higher ...
Anwar Ali Khan
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Clinical Competence in Echocardiography
Daniel M. Thys
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Abstract The present study was conducted as part of a comprehensive work to establish National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NDRLs) in Sri Lanka for the first time. DRLs can be used as an effective optimization tool for identifying unusually high or low patient doses during X‐ray examinations.
Sachith Welarathna+3 more
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IntroductionHuman periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hPDL-MSCs) exhibit a tight bi-directional interaction with CD4+ T lymphocytes. The hPDL-MSCs’ immunomodulatory abilities are drastically enhanced by pro-inflammatory cytokines via ...
Christian Behm+7 more
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Digitalization of the clinical exam in Covid-19 pandemic: Karaganda Medical University’s experience [PDF]
Nowadays, Medical education in the Covid-19 pandemic poses a new challenge to explore approaches for delivering quality distance education, especially in the clinical competence assessments.
Gulshat Kemelova+4 more
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Combined tests based on restricted mean time lost for competing risks data [PDF]
Competing risks data are common in medical studies, and the sub-distribution hazard (SDH) ratio is considered an appropriate measure. However, because the limitations of hazard itself are not easy to interpret clinically and because the SDH ratio is valid only under the proportional SDH assumption, this article introduced an alternative index under ...
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Background The total number of cardiovascular (CVD) deaths accounted for almost a third of all deaths globally in 2013. Population based randomised controlled trials, managed within primary care, on CVD risk factor interventions are scarce.
Mats Hellstrand+4 more
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