@article { , title = {Is the long case dead? ‘Uh, I don't think so’: the Uh/Um Index}, abstract = {© 2016 John Wiley \& Sons Ltd and The Association for the Study of Medical Education Current tools for clinical assessment are tedious and time-consuming, particularly the dreadful long case. There is a need for novel instruments that incorporate other aspects of competence. We propose such a method, namely the Uh/Um Index. Our innovation paper describes the rationale for using speech dysfluency and occurrences of filler words such as ‘uh’ and ‘um’ as a proxy for competence. This appears to have won initial support from senior clinicians in our institution. Additional research is needed (non-restricted grants are welcomed) to establish rigorous standard setting and to fund our attendance at overseas conferences to make the Uh/Um Index the new buzzword in medical education.}, doi = {10.1111/medu.13091}, issn = {1365-2923}, issue = {12}, pages = {1245-1248}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1932644}, volume = {50}, keyword = {Health and Health Inequalities}, year = {2016}, }