[
    {
        "id": "osp-1780",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Ensuring Clinical Competence in Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Khan",
                "given": "Anwar Ali"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/ensuring-clinical-competence-in-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2015
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2015.77",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Assessment is arguably the most important method of driving up standards and yet there is probably more bad practice and ignorance of significant issues in the area of assessment than in any other aspect of higher education. However, during my 10-year tenure as International Development Advisor (IDA) for the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (International) [MRCGP (INT)] exam in Oman, I have seen a dedicated team grow in confidence in delivering the assessments needed to ensure doctors finishing their residency programs are of a good standard. The concept of assessment has broadened and has multiple purposes. There has been a move away from comparison/competition among students to what has or has not been learned; a greater emphasis on criterion-referencing than peer-referencing. The challenges in criterion-referenced exams include the need to make sure all the judges make the same judgement about the same performances (i.e. inter-rater reliability), constructing appropriate criteria that are evidenced-based and pragmatic, defining criteria unambiguously, applying criteria fairly, and minimizing examiner differences. Furthermore, there needs to be clarity about whether the assessment is formative or summative. In summary, the development of robust workplace-based assessments (WPBA) for the residency programs will bode well for a competent workforce delivering the best possible, cost-effective care that patients in Oman deserve."
    }
]