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Huiju Carrie Chen1, Arianne Teherani, Patricia O'Sullivan
1Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. chenhc@peds.ucsf.edu
Background:
U.S. medical schools have long used the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) to represent overall student performance while comprehensive clinical performance exams (CPX) are beginning to emerge as a new standard for determining student competence.
Purpose:
This study describes the association between the MSPE and CPX in their independent measures of student competence.
Methods:
We examined the relationship between CPX scores and student MSPE rating at our institution, which was completed independently of the CPX.
Results:
Students with higher CPX scores had better MSPE rating, but the associations are small ranging from rs=.13 for history-taking skills to rs=.31 for interpersonal skills.
Conclusions:
CPX results are not strongly related to MSPE rating and, thus, they may provide information on clinical competencies that should be included in the MSPE.
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