Clinical Assessment Tools

When assessing clinical competencies there are many tools that preceptors can use to assess the competencies of student learners. Some of these tools include;


 * 1) Patient Management Problems
 * 2) Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
 * 3) Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)
 * 4) Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)
 * 5) Online Assessment Tools
 * 6) Standardized Patients (SP's)
 * 7) Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Competency Assessment
 * 8) The Berlin Assessment Tool
 * 9) The Fresno Assessment Tool

These tools assess students in a variety of different manners, all with the goal of ensuring students maintain the highest levels of clinical competency.