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  • The virtual Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence: the impact and challenges of a digitised final examination

  • Kenny Chu, Shivanthi Sathanandan
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Bulletin / Volume 47 / Issue 2 / April 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 December 2021, pp. 110-115
    Print publication:
    April 2023
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how clinical examinations are conducted, resulting in the Royal College of Psychiatrists delivering the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence virtually. Although this pragmatic step has allowed for progression of training, it has come at the cost of a significantly altered examination experience. This article aims to explore the fairness of such an examination, the difference in trainee experience, and the use of telemedicine to consider what might be lost as well as gained at a time when medical education and delivery of healthcare are moving toward the digitised frontier.