This article is the third in a series by the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) that focuses on skills and strategies that can help good clinical teachers become great. The purpose of this article is to outline the critical role of observation in medical student education settings. Observation of students can take many forms, including direct observationduring a clinical encounter (eg, taking a history, performing a physical examination, ortalk-ing with patients and families), with a standardized patient, or indirectly while watching a videotaped encounter. In this article, we focus on direct observation of medical students in clinical settings for the purpose of gathering information for feedback and student assessment.
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