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ERIC Number: EJ970609
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1382-4996
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Measurement Precision for Repeat Examinees on a Standardized Patient Examination
Raymond, Mark R.; Swygert, Kimberly A.; Kahraman, Nilufer
Advances in Health Sciences Education, v17 n3 p325-337 Aug 2012
Examinees who initially fail and later repeat an SP-based clinical skills exam typically exhibit large score gains on their second attempt, suggesting the possibility that examinees were not well measured on one of those attempts. This study evaluates score precision for examinees who repeated an SP-based clinical skills test administered as part of the US Medical Licensing Examination sequence. Generalizability theory was used as the basis for computing conditional standard errors of measurement ("SEM") for individual examinees. Conditional "SEMs" were computed for approximately 60,000 single-take examinees and 5,000 repeat examinees who completed the Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination[R] between 2007 and 2009. The study focused exclusively on ratings of communication and interpersonal skills. Conditional "SEMs" for single-take and repeat examinees were nearly indistinguishable across most of the score scale. US graduates and IMGs were measured with equal levels of precision at all score levels, as were examinees with differing levels of skill speaking English. There was no evidence that examinees with the largest score changes were measured poorly on either their first or second attempt. The large score increases for repeat examinees on this SP-based exam probably cannot be attributed to unexpectedly large errors of measurement.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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