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Validity of Three Clinical Performance Assessments of Internal Medicine Clerks.
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Hull, Alan L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study investigated the construct validity of three methods for assessing clinical performances of internal medicine clerks: a clinical evaluation form completed by faculty and residents, an objective structured clinical examination, and the National Board of Medical Examiners medicine subject test. Results suggest a significant but…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Construct Validity, Higher Education, Internal Medicine
Validation of an Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill for Surgical Residents.
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Faulkner, Heather; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
Examined the concurrent validity of the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS), a new test of technical skills for general surgery residents. Correlations between OSATS scores and faculty rankings were generally high for six senior residents but low for six junior residents at the University of Toronto. (MDM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Performance Tests
Sequential Testing in the Assessment of Clinical Skills.
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Muijtjens, Arno M. M.; van Vollenhoven, Femke H. M.; van Luijk, Scheltus J.; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Academic Medicine, 2000
Sequential, standardized patient-based tests were given to medical students at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands); the first test was a screening test that evaluated the efficiency/validity of cutoff scores. Findings indicated that stringent pass/fail cutoff scores on the screening test produced optimal results. Fewer than 0.2 percent of…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Evaluating the Clinical Skills of Foreign Medical School Graduates Participating in an Internship Preparation Program.
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Rothman, Arthur I. – Academic Medicine, 1990
Comparisons are made of the results of administering the same Objective Structured Clinical Examination-type clinical skills tests to two cohorts of the Ontario Pre-Internship Program. A description is provided of entry-exit comparisons between the test results of the two cohorts. (GLR)
Descriptors: Foreign Medical Graduates, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Medical Education
A Methodological Framework for the Design of Research on the Evaluation of Residents.
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Risucci, Donald A.; Tortolani, Anthony J. – Academic Medicine, 1990
The paper reviews a construct validation framework for research on the selection and evaluation of residents. The application of the proposed methodology to surgery residents is described. The need to measure non-cognitive and neuropsychological factors in addition to cognitive knowledge and technical ability is emphasized. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Competence, Construct Validity, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education
A Pilot Study of the Relationship between Experts' Ratings and Scores Generated by the NBME's Computer-Based Examination System.
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Solomon, David J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
Six medical school faculty evaluated the overall performance of eight students completing a surgery clerkship at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Students were also evaluated by the National Board of Medical Examiners' Computer Based Examination (CBX). Faculty ratings correlated highly with scores produced by the CBX's…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Six Years of Comprehensive, Clinical, Performance-Based Assessment Using Standardized Patients at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
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Vu, Nu Viet; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
The use of a performance-based assessment of senior medical students' clinical skills utilizing standardized patients was evaluated, with 6,804 student-patient encounters involving 405 students over 6 years. Results provide evidence for test security, content validity, construct validity, reliability, and test ability to discriminate a wide range…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Medical Education
Assessing Competency to Address Ethical Issues in Medicine.
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Cohen, Robert; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study evaluated the feasibility of an objective structured clinical examination to assess the competence of foreign medical school graduates, clinical clerks, and interns to address clinical ethical situations. The University of Toronto's experience with the measure found it useful but in need of improvement. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Ethics, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
First-Year Residents' Performances Compared with Their Medical School Class Ranks as Determined by Three Ranking Systems.
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Loftus, Loretta S.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
Three systems of class ranking (grades, test scores, and clinical performance evaluations) are compared, using 124 residents graduated from medical school. All three systems showed modest correlations with performance in residency, but clinical performance measures were most predictive. Reliable and valid deans' letters of recommendation could be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Medical Students
Rethinking Critical Issues in Performance Assessment.
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Friedman, Miriam; Mennin, Stewart P. – Academic Medicine, 1991
Performance assessment is discussed as it relates to evaluation of clinical performance in medical education. Issues include the meaning of reliability and validity in performance assessment and the balance between them, including simple vs. complex behaviors; stability of performance; specific vs. generic abilities; and experts' roles in clinical…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Internship Ratings as a Validity Outcome Measure for an Evaluation System To Identify Inadequate Clerkship Performance.
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Lavin, Bruce; Pangaro, Louis – Academic Medicine, 1998
A study investigated whether a third-year medical clerkship evaluation system validly predicted students' later performance ratings during internships. Internship ratings of students needing remediation from 1986 to 1993 were compared with those of students voluntarily choosing fourth-year medicine. Results indicate the medicine clerkship…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Introducing Progress Testing in McMaster University's Problem-Based Medical Curriculum: Psychometric Properties and Effect on Learning.
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Blake, Jennifer M.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
The Personal Progress Index, designed to assess students' knowledge at regular intervals, is administered at the McMaster University (Ontario) Faculty of Health Sciences three times annually. Feedback is provided to students, and accumulated student performance is determined for summative evaluation. Results over 4 classes (n=400) show it to be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
The Assessment of Interpersonal Skills Using Standardized Patients.
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Schnabl, Gail K.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A multistation clinical examination using standardized patients was used over 4 years to assess the interpersonal skills of 346 fourth year medical students, 51 internal medicine residents, and 71 foreign medical graduates seeking admission to graduate study. Results indicate that a reliable assessment of interpersonal skills can be achieved this…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Medical Graduates, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students