National Certification Exam for Clinical Laboratory Scientists
| Autor: | Karen R. Karni |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medical education 030505 public health business.industry Health Policy 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods Construct validity Workload Certification 03 medical and health sciences 0504 sociology Cronbach's alpha Family medicine Laboratory Scientists Medicine 0305 other medical science business Competence (human resources) |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation & the Health Professions. 8:453-468 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3918 0163-2787 |
| Popis: | The validity of a national certification examination for clinical laboratory scientists was examined usingfive of Cronbach 's eight suggested procedures for construct validity. The 199-item examination was completed by (111) clinical laboratory practitioners from 40 laboratories throughout the United States. Their scores were compared to their competence level (most, average, minimal) as determined by their laboratory managers. A correlation coefficient of .406 indicated a fairly strong relationship between competence level and examination score. Four otherfactorsshowed correlation with practitioners' performance: education level, age, size of laboratory staff, and workload. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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