The assessment data you've been making decisions without
For clinical competency committees who need results they can measure.
Clinical Competency Committees make high-stakes decisions about learner progression with limited communication assessment data. Faculty observations are subjective, inconsistent, and sparse. ClinicalSim generates structured, milestone-aligned assessment data from every practice session — giving your committee objective evidence of communication competency development over time.
What's at stake
Subjective assessment data
Most ICS assessment relies on faculty observation and subjective reporting. One in five GME stakeholders report not knowing how to assess ICS milestones. The data reaching your committee may not reflect actual competency.
Sparse data points
A learner in remediation might have 2-3 documented communication assessments over months. That's not enough data to make confident progression decisions or demonstrate improvement.
No longitudinal view
Without structured, repeatable assessment, it's impossible to show a trajectory of improvement. Did the learner actually get better, or did they just have one good day with a lenient evaluator?
Documentation for due process
When a CCC decision is challenged, the strength of your documentation determines the outcome. Subjective impressions don't withstand scrutiny. Timestamped, milestone-aligned assessment records do.
The numbers
GME stakeholders don't know how to assess ICS milestones
Survey of 1,195 GME stakeholders
structured feedback mapped to Milestones 2.0 from every session
ACGME Milestones 2.0
of practice sessions generate timestamped assessment data
progress tracking shows improvement trajectory over time
How ClinicalSim helps
Objective Communication Data
Every practice session generates assessment data mapped to ICS Milestones 2.0. Not subjective impressions — structured, consistent, comparable data your committee can use alongside faculty evaluations.
Longitudinal Progress Tracking
See a learner's communication trajectory across weeks and months of remediation. Multiple data points per milestone, tracked over time, showing whether intervention is working.
CCC-Ready Reports
Assessment data formatted for committee review. Timestamped sessions, milestone scores, progress trends — the documentation your committee needs to make and defend progression decisions.
Complement Faculty Assessment
ClinicalSim data doesn't replace faculty judgment. It supplements it with objective, repeatable assessment data that addresses the gaps in subjective observation.
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