BACKGROUND:The performance of scoring tools to select clinical vignettes for presentation at academic meetings has never been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To measure the psychometric properties of two scoring tools used to select clinical vignettes and to determine which elements are most helpful. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. (2007) using the average score of the five items with the number that would have been accepted using the simplified three items (relevance, teaching value, overall assessment) was almost perfect, with kappa 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.85 to 0.93). CONCLUSIONS: Both scoring tools performed well, but a simplified tool with three items (relevance, teaching value, and overall assessment) and detailed descriptors was optimal; the simplified tool could improve the reviewer efficiency and quality of clinical vignettes presented at national meetings.KEY WORDS: professional competence; internship and residency; education medical/methods; educational measurement/methods/ standards; congresses as topic; reproducibility of results.

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