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Mini-CEX or CBD?

Watching the encounter is not the same as discussing the thinking.

Mini-CEX

The assessor watches a clinical encounter. It answers: how did the doctor actually perform?

Typical use: taking a history, examining a person, leading a review, managing an encounter, communicating with a family.

Elaryvo uses its own Mini-CEX template. It is not a college or GMC form. If your hospital uses another name, choose Generic / Other and keep the local title.

CBD — Case-Based Discussion

The assessor discusses a case with you. It answers: how did the doctor think, reason and make decisions?

The assessor may not have watched the original encounter. That makes CBD useful for reasoning, judgement and risk — not as a stand-in for Mini-CEX.

Do not treat these as interchangeable. They demonstrate different things. Requirements vary by country, specialty and training body.