PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T Waterston
AU  - J I Cater
AU  - R G Mitchell
TI  - An objective undergraduate clinical examination in child health.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.55.12.917
DP  - 1980 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 917--922
VI  - 55
IP  - 12
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/12/917.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/12/917.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1980 Dec 01; 55
AB  - A new type of test used to examine medical students' clinical skills in paediatrics is described. Each student has to circulate round a number of timed stations. At each one he performs a specified clinical procedure--such as history taking, physical examination, urine analysis, and radiological interpretation--and is marked according to his performance. This type of test is objective and can be extended to cover different aspects of clinical methods; it readily informs the student about his progress, and enables the teacher to look critically at his own technique.