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The Interaction of Student Gender and Standardized-Patient Gender on a Performance-Based Examination of Clinical Competence.
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Colliver, Jerry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study investigated the performance of 6 successive medical school classes on 80 standardized-patient case examinations, looking for effects of student or standardized-patient gender on scores. Results showed no interaction of any practical consequence. Cases with gender-related concern (e.g., breast problems) also did not differentiate between…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients, Physical Examinations
Sequential Testing with a Performance-Based Examination Using Standardized Patients.
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Colliver, Jerry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the feasibility of sequential testing of medical students using standardized patients. Sequential testing passes students who score well on the first segment of the test thus eliminating additional student-standardized patient encounters. Subjects were six classes of Southern Illinois University students (n=404). Results strongly…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients