Establishing the validity of test score inferences: performance of 4th-year U.S. medical students on the ECFMG Clinical Skills Assessment.
| Autor: | Ayers WR; Department of General Internal Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA., Boulet JR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Teaching and learning in medicine [Teach Learn Med] 2001 Fall; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 214-20. |
| DOI: | 10.1207/S15328015TLM1304_01 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Although the relations among prematriculation, matriculation, and residency assessments have been studied, measures pertaining to clinical skills have rarely been incorporated in any analyses. Purpose: The purpose of this article was to investigate the relations between scores obtained on the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) prototype and aptitude-ability measures designed to select medical students, to assess medical students while in medical school, and to evaluate physicians in postgraduate training programs. The sample included 122 4th-year medical students. Methods: Relations among scores were summarized with correlation coefficients. Analysis of variance was used to compare CSA scores by departmental grades. Results: Significant correlations (p < .01) were found between scores from assessments commonly used in medical school (i.e., United States Medical Licensing Exam [USMLE] Steps 1 and 2) and CSA component scores. There were weak associations between CSA measures and both Medical College Admissions Test scores and residency program evaluations. Conclusions: The relations between CSA scores and various other medically oriented ability measures provide additional evidence that inferences based on CSA scores are appropriate and valid. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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