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Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) - Assessment Form: Australian Board in General Surgery

This document contains a Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) assessment form used by the Australian Board in General Surgery and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to evaluate trainees. The 3-sentence summary is: The Mini-CEX assessment form evaluates trainees in areas such as history taking, physical examination, communication with patients, professionalism, and clinical competencies during an observed patient encounter. Assessors rate trainees' performance in various areas as below expectations, borderline, meets expectations, or above expectations. The form also includes space for an overall performance score, suggestions for development, and agreed upon action items.

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Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) - Assessment Form: Australian Board in General Surgery

This document contains a Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) assessment form used by the Australian Board in General Surgery and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to evaluate trainees. The 3-sentence summary is: The Mini-CEX assessment form evaluates trainees in areas such as history taking, physical examination, communication with patients, professionalism, and clinical competencies during an observed patient encounter. Assessors rate trainees' performance in various areas as below expectations, borderline, meets expectations, or above expectations. The form also includes space for an overall performance score, suggestions for development, and agreed upon action items.

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Australian Board in General Surgery

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons & General Surgeons Australia

Mini-Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX) – Assessment Form

First Name: Surname: Id Number:

Date: Assessor Name (completing form)

Setting: Ward/ICU OPD ED Other

Type: New case Follow-up

Focus: History Phys Ex Diagnosis Management Explanation

Complexity: Low Average High

Below Above Not


Please assess and mark the following areas: expectations Meets expectations observed
Borderline
for level of expectations for level of Or not
training training applicable
1. History taking

2. Physical Examination
3. Communicates to patient (and family) about
diagnosis, management, and potentialities to
encourage their participation in informed
decision making
4. Adjusts the way they communicate with
patients for cultural and linguistic differences
and emotional status
5. Recognises what constitutes ‘bad news’ for
patients (and their family) and communicates
accordingly
6. Recognises the symptoms of, accurately
diagnoses, and manages common problems
7. Professionalism

8. Organisation / Efficiency

Significant Some Improvement


Overall Score Improvement Required Competent
Required

Overall performance during encounter

Suggestions for development :

Other comments :

Agreed action :

Trainee Signature:

Assessor Signature:
Australian Board in General Surgery
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons & General Surgeons Australia

Notes to Trainees and Assessors on Completing Mini-CEX Forms


• The mini-CEX is designed to assess competencies essential to the provision of good clinical care. It is also used to
facilitate feedback in order to drive learning.

• The assessment involves an assessor observing the trainee interact with a patient in an unrehearsed clinical encounter
in the work place. The assessor’s evaluation is recorded on a structured checklist which enables the assessor to provide
verbal developmental feedback to the trainee immediately after the encounter.

• The complexity of the patient’s condition must be commensurate with what a SET1 trainee would be expected to assess
and plan management.

• These assessments are formative and are aimed at guiding further development of clinical skills.

• Trainees may choose which of their consultants will act as the assessor.

• Assessors are required to observe and assess the trainee taking a history, performing a physical examination and
discussing a plan of management with the patient, marking the identified areas using the following descriptors:

o Below expectations for level of training

o Borderline

o Meets expectations

o Above expectations for level of training

o Not observed/not applicable

• Assessors must also give an overall mark for the assessment. Multiple scores of “Borderline” or a single score of “Below
Expectations” indicates a need for significant improvement in performance. Trainees should be counselled and given
opportunity to improve in the relevant skills before being reassessed.

• This process may be repeated until significant improvement is demonstrated. Reassessment by a different assessor is
advisable.

• All completed assessment forms must be signed and returned to the GSA Office.

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