Medical education
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A pilot project assessing clinical performance was undertaken using the Anaesthesia Simulation Centre at the University of Toronto. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of assessments of medical students' performance using the simulator as an evaluation tool, to compare these assessments to written and clinical evaluations and to elicit student opinion. Simulator assessments were performed at the completion of the anaesthesia rotation. ⋯ Our pilot data suggest that the simulator is a reliable assessment method for medical students' performance. Further work may justify the inclusion of the simulator as an evaluation and education tool and expanded to incorporate learning objectives of other medical disciplines.