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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · May 2024
Task Oriented Assessment of Clinical Skills (TOACS): A Modified Form of OSCE.
- Sirajul Haque Shaikh, Shabnam Iqbal Memon, and Sahar Zubair Abbasi.
- Directorate of Medical Education, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan.
- J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 May 1; 34 (5): 614616614-616.
AbstractCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (CPSP) is a premier postgraduate medical institution of the country. It introduced Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in the 1990s, and later came up with its modified form known as Task Oriented Assessment of Clinical Skills (TOACS). This modified assessment has been incorporated in clinical examinations of its majority fellowship programmes. Despite the use of TOACS for so many years at CPSP, it is surprising to note that this form of assessment does not appear in the literature. The objective of this viewpoint is to describe the rationale for the development of TOACS and to compare its structure and functions with OSCE. Key Words: Medical education, Assessment, Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Interactive, Task Oriented Assessment of Clinical Skills.
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