Mini-CEX as a formative assessment tool for undergraduate medical students in ophthalmology

Mini-clinical evaluation exercise is a compound tool that allows assessment and feedback from a knowledgeable assessor. When it is conducted during clinical rotations, it gives the margin of improvement in skills via constructive feedback. The current study was planned to assess if miniclinical evaluation exercise is an effective assessment tool. Starting from January 15, 2022, 80 medical students of the 4th year were enrolled, with 40(50%) of them having had conventional rotation of one month, and the other 40(50%) having had to exposure to mini-clinical evaluation exercise mini-CEX during their rotations. At the end of rotation on February 15, 2022, clinical skills of the 2 groups were assessed. The score of the intervention group having had mini-clinical evaluation exercise exposure was better than the control group. Hence, miniclinical evaluation exercise was found to be a formative assessment tool for 4th year undergraduate medical students.