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oral assessments essential components board certification numerous fields provide insight problemsolving capacity clinical reasoning development clinical reasoning often begins undergraduate medical education remains challenge assess developed pilot oral assessment evaluate medical student oral presentations systematically assess clinical reasoning incorporated previously existing cumulative assessment conclusion third year medical school intent demonstrate feasibility future reliability exam format pilot oral assessment developed using content taught third year clerkships modified assessment reasoning tool art used evaluation metric conducted virtually include faculty members multiple disciplines accommodate schedules space limitations total 152 third year medical students completed exam total 15 faculty examiners 89 medical students scored complete hypothesis directed history 93 problem representation 86 prioritized differential diagnoses 67 effectively directing management examiners felt oral assessment effective determine medical students clinical reasoning ability virtual oral assessments clinical reasoning incorporated undergraduate medical education identify students struggling components clinical reasoning also allowing maximum flexibility clinician educator workforce examiners longitudinal use exams would valuable track development clinical reasoning across medical school curriculum