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How does a comprehensive clinical performance examination relate to ratings on the medical school student performance evaluation?

Huiju Carrie HC Chen, Arianne A Teherani, and Patricia P O'Sullivan

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professional... 23(1):12-4 (2011) PMID 21240776

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.

DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2011.536752
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