Evaluation of practical examinations in medical students

Introduction Assessment is of paramount importance in the curriculum. ECOS, Mini-Cex, DOPS represent a new modality of evaluation of the medical students.The objective of our study is the evaluation of the three methods of evaluation of the practical training in the students of the sixth year of medicine during the month of October 2022.Material and method it is a transversal study type CAP realized in the students of the sixth year of medicine having been evaluated in the practical training by ECOS, DOPS, Mini-Cex. The proposed answers were measured by the LIKERT scale and translated into percentages. Questionnaire via google form (https://forms.gle/zhBbnXuRjQkQidou5)Results and discussion:57 students participated in our study. Our study demonstrated that the principles of the mini-CEX/DOPS /ECOS as a tool for assessing clinical skills were well understood and appreciated by the students of the Faculty of Medicine of Tlemcen. Our results remain close to those described in the literature. These three evaluative and formative methods have proven their worth in the evaluation of clinical skills.