Clinical skill test
Test subjects
History taking, physical examination, physician and patient interaction, attitudes towards medical examinations, and basic technical skill.
Test procedure
The clinical skill test consists of patient encounter and procedure skills items. The patient encounter test serves to assess the overall clinical competence of candidates, such as history taking, physical examination, patient education, and Physician and Patient Interaction (PPI) with standardized patients. The procedure skills component serves to assess the basic technical skill required in the clinical setting. There are 10 test rooms (stations) in the test location. The rooms used for patient encounter will be rooms numbered 1~9. The room numbered 10 will be reserved for the procedure skills component. The examinee will rotate between the 10 rooms in a clockwise manner. For example, an examinee starting at room 5 will move from 5 to 6. After passing through rooms 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2 and 3, the examinee will complete the test at room 4.
Example. Number 5 examinee.
No. 5 room (starting point) → room 6 → room 7 → room 8 → ……→ room 4 (finishing point)
Number of test items, score allocation, and test time
The clinical skill test items consist of a total of 10 items for each examinee, which include 9 items for patient encounters and 1 items for procedure skills. For each item, 100 score will be allocated, yielding a total of 1,000 score for the 10 items. The duration of the item will be 12 minutes for each item.
Item type, No. of items, Score allocation, Total score, Time(min), Provide information
| Item type |
No. of items |
Score allocation |
Total score |
Time(min) |
| Patient encounter |
9 |
100 per item |
900 |
12 |
| Procedure skills |
1 |
100 per item |
100 |
12 |
| Total |
1,000 |
153 |
