The principle, practice and future of CPX in Medical Education

Kim, Woo-Jeong

doi:2009.6.S1.16

J Med Life Sci > Volume 6(S1); 2009 > Article

Journal of Medicine and Life Science 2009;6(Suppl DB Error: no such field):16-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22730/jmls.2009.6.S1.16 Published online June 30, 2009.

의학교육에 있어서 CPX의 현황 및 발전 방향

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제주대학교 의학전문대학원 응급의학교실

The principle, practice and future of CPX in Medical Education

Woo-Jeong Kim

Department of Emergency Medicinc, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea

Correspondence: Woo-Jeong Kim, Email: gurum21@jeiunu.ac.kr

Abstract

CPX(Clinical performance examination) is an examination for comprehensive evaluation of clinical performance in medical education, and has been used worldwide since Harden introduced OSCE(objective structured clinical examination) in 1975. To perform CPX, SP(standardized patient) is essential, who is a simulated and well-trained person for education and evaluation of medical student. In Korea. CPX is scheduled to be introduced into national examination in this year, so most medical school are paying close attention to CPX now Although evaluation results of SP have some debates for validity and reliability, CPX will be introduced to other medical examinations.

Key Words: clinical performance examination, objective structured clinical examination