Progress testing of an objective structured clinical examination during undergraduate clinical clerkship: a mixed-methods pilot study

Table 2 Blueprint for assessing clinical skills in a clinical clerkship curriculum of a typical medical school in Japan, and this study (OSCE-PT). This blueprint is created based on the example of Shinshu University, where assessment methods during CC vary for each rotation

Schedule	Assessment methods	Competencies at graduation (tasks should be performed) [13]
Schedule	Assessment methods	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
before CC (y4)	Pre-CC OSCE (CAT)	X									X		X
during CC (y4–6)	workplace-based (including portfolio and oral tests)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
end of CC (y6)	Post-CC OSCE (CAT)	X	X		X		X	X
midpoint (y5) and end (y6) of CC	this study (OSCE-PT)			X		X			X	X		X	X	X

CAT, the Common Achievement Tests, CC clinical clerkship, OSCE objective structured clinical examination, PT progress testing

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