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. 2013 Apr 5;26(9):590–594. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78729-4

Diseño de un método para la evaluación de la competencia clínica en atención primaria

Design of a method to evaluate clinical competence in primary care

N Barragán 1, C Violan 1,*, C Martín Cantera 1, D Ferrer-Vidal Cortella 1, J González Algas 1
PMCID: PMC7679553  PMID: 11198336

Abstract

Objective

To measure clinical competence in primary care (PC).

Design

Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting

Six PC teams in Barcelona.

Participants

25 family doctors volunteering out of a total of 60.

Measurements and main results

Three simulated visits took place on three different days, allocated at random as a prior appointment for hypertension. Clinical competence was measured through the Miller criteria, a method with open short-reply questions combining the clinical interview with standardised patients (SP), review of clinical histories (CH) and doctor's self-evaluation (DS). The following components of competence (CC) were evaluated: anamnesis, physical examination, further tests, differential diagnosis, management, clinical history and communication. 22 doctors completed the study. Each CC was weighted by a group of experts, who also agreed two minimum levels of competence, 50% and 60%. Each doctor's final score was the result of the addition of each of the three cases divided by the maximum score possible. The CC values were always higher with SP than otherwise. 63.3% of doctors surpassed the 60% mark, and 90.9% the 50% mark. Internal consistency, measured with Cronbach's alpha, was 0.94, 0.73 and 0.67 for each clinical case. The kappa reproduction test was 0.25.

Conclusions

The use of SP is a good method of evaluation, as it enables anamnesis, management of the patient, physical examination and communication to be assessed. The study is very reliable, with low reproduction, which is probably due to the few cases used.

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