The mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise(mini-CEX), which has been applied internationally to assess the clinical competencies of trainees at different subspecialties in a wide variety of clinical settings. For each mini-CEX encounter, one evaluator observes the resident conduct a focused interview, physical examination, or therapeutic counseling at a selected workplace, followed by provision of immediate feedback and completion of the rating form. With its feature to provide feedback following a clinical assessment, the mini-CEX also serves as a formative method to guide trainees' professional development. Previous research on the mini-CEX focused on its validity, reliability, and feasibility for to assessing the clinical skills of residents, and the educational impact of effective feedback to foster their future learning and improvement. The technique is designed to be used by supervising clinicians, and it allows for efficient rating of seven competencies: 1. Medical interviewing 2. Physical examination 3. Humanistic qualities professionalism 4. Clinical judgment 5. Organization/efficiency 6. Counseling 7. Overall clinical competence.
