A Reliable and Valid Instrument to Assess Competency in Basic Surgical Skills in Second-Year Medical Students
| Autor: | Kim van Walsum, Rachel Bramson, Robert Wiprud, Charles W. Sanders, Mark Sadoski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Medical Psychometrics Feedback Psychological Basic skills Internal consistency Surgical skills Humans Medicine Reliability (statistics) Medical education Sutures business.industry Suture Techniques Construct validity General Medicine Surgical Instruments Competency-Based Education Inter-rater reliability Summative assessment Needles General Surgery Clinical Competence Educational Measurement Factor Analysis Statistical business Education Medical Undergraduate |
| Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 100:985-990 |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| Popis: | Background: Despite calls for competency based education, a dearth of validated instruments for measuring basic skills currently exists. We developed an instrument to assess competency in basic surgical skills in second-year medical students and tested it for psychometric reliability and validity. Methods: From a review of the literature, an instrument comprised of numerically scaled items was constructed. After initial tests, several items were divided to produce a final instrument more specific and more appropriate for providing feedback to students. The final instrument was empirically tested for reliability and validity. Results: The final 10-item instrument is presented here along with all of the empirical evidence including internal consistency reliability and interrater reliability, and content, criterion-related, and construct validity. Overall alpha reliability was 0.84 and interrater reliability was r = 0.83, P < 0.01 for the total scores. Factor analysis provided evidence of construct validity. Conclusions: The instrument has psychometric properties adequate for use as one criterion for summative evaluation and is educationally practical enough to provide focused and detailed feedback for student improvement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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