Clinical Assessment Tools: Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)

MINI CEX (Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise)


 * The assessments use real clinical situations and are scored by supervising physicians, faculty members etc. As in all clinical examinations the ratings could be influenced by a particular examiner or the patients encountered therefore the residents have multiple 15–20 minute observations. (1)


 * This is one of the most frequently used assessment tools that measure the trainees’ performance in workplace.


 * It is a 9-point rating scale organized in three levels of unsatisfactory (1–3), satisfactory (4–6), and high satisfactory (7–9). An expert, usually a faculty member, observes the actual performance of trainees, rates their history taking and physical examination skills, and provides feedback to them. (2)


 * Clinical Skills Evaluated


 * Medical interviewing
 * Physical examinations


 * Informed decision-making/counseling
 * Clinical judgment/reasoning  (3)

References

(1) https://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/940/63

(2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516345/

(3) https://www.abim.org/program-directors-administrators/assessment-tools/mini-cex.aspx