[Summarized real clinical cases use to learn clinical aptitude]

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Clinical Skills Assessment

Context:

• Pregraduate medical interns require effective tools to assess clinical skills.
• Summarized real clinical cases (SRCC) offer a method to evaluate clinical skills indicators (CSI).

Purpose:

• To evaluate the effectiveness of SRCC in assessing CSI among two generations of pregraduate interns.
• To determine the adequacy of SRCC in reflecting interns' clinical experience and selected CSI.

Summary:

• A descriptive survey of 430 SRCC was conducted, assessing CSI such as risk factors, diagnosis, iatrogenesis, therapeutics, nosology, and peer actions.
• 62% of SRCC were deemed adequate, with most relating to clinical experience, except in family medicine.
• Key CSI assessed included clinical diagnosis (32%) and risk factors (18%).

Impact:

• SRCC successfully incorporated CSI, demonstrating their value in a comprehensive patient approach.
• The study recommends SRCC as a valuable tool for improving interns' clinical skills and patient management.