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Peer reviewedNorcini, John J.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1988
A test of skill in reading electrocardiographs (ECGs) was developed as a physician competence (PC) test. The criterion-referenced test ranked 1,825 persons taking the 1983 Certifying Examination in Cardiovascular Diseases (CECD) as expected on the basis of prior education and examination scores on the CECD. The ECG test modestly correlated with…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedPopham, W. James – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1978
Norm-referenced tests are inappropriate for evaluating health care practitioners; criterion referenced tests better describe what is not being measured. Reliable assessment of competency should focus on the valid testing of reasonable numbers of important skills. Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills,…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedCalhoun, Judith G.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1988
Second-year medical students (N=187) evaluated their own videotaped performances during physical assessment examinations. Peers and expert evaluators also rated the performances. Significant differences emerged across types of raters. Results show that these students do not accurately assess their own or peers' skills performances. (TJH)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Interrater Reliability, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Students
Peer reviewedMcBride, Helena; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
The development of a simulation technique to evaluate performance of psychomotor skills in an undergraduate nursing program is described. This method is used as one admission requirement to an alternate route nursing program. With modifications, any health profession could use this technique where psychomotor skills performance is important.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Higher Education, Methods
Peer reviewedVu, Nu Viet – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
Different methods and instruments used to assess medical problem solving are discussed. Various features of the instruments are compared and suggestions for additional data are made, in order to ensure maximum efficiency in the choice of instruments. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Medical Case Histories
Peer reviewedKane, Michael T. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
A proposed model for the validity of measures of professional competence treats validation as the evaluation of inferences drawn from test scores, focusing on evaluation, generalization, and extrapolation. The model is used to indicate strengths and weaknesses of assessments of professional competence: observations of performance, simulations, and…
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Generalization, Inferences
