End of Third Year Assessment

In 2004 Boston University School of Medicine instituted a clinical skills examination call the “End of Third Year Assessment”, or EOTYA. The EOTYA provides a standardized measurement of our students’ skills in the following areas:

  • Interview
  • Physical Examination
  • Communication
  • Write-up

The purpose of the examination is to identify students who have difficulties in any of these clinical skills, and to address them. It also gauges the strengths and weaknesses of the class as a whole, and thereby helps to identify holes in the curriculum that can also be addressed. To this end, each of the six required third year clerkships develops a case in conjuction with staff from the OME.

In 2008 the End of Third Year Assessment will be scheduled between April 14th and May 8th. During the EOTYA students will receive perfomance-based feedback on clinical skills from both standardized patients and faculty members. This should promote their educational planning and self-assessment, and help them prepare for the USMLE Step 2 CS exam.
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of BU School of Medicine