Examining concurrent validity between COMLEX-USA Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation and COMLEX-USA Level 2-Performance Evaluation
| Autor: | David Kuo, Jeanne M. Sandella, Xiaolin Wang, Charles Finch, Tsung-Hsun Tsai, Brandon Craig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Complementary and Manual Therapy
020205 medical informatics Concurrent validity Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Correlation 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake Cognition 0302 clinical medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive evaluation theory Computer based Reproducibility of Results Licensure Medical Osteopathic medicine in the United States United States Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient Test (assessment) Complementary and alternative medicine symbols Educational Measurement Psychology Osteopathic Medicine Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 121:687-691 |
| ISSN: | 2702-3648 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/jom-2021-0007 |
| Popis: | Context The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States of America (COMLEX-USA) is a three level examination used as a pathway to licensure for students in osteopathic medical education programs. COMLEX-USA Level 2 includes a written assessment of Fundamental Clinical Sciences for Osteopathic Medical Practice (Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation [L2-CE]) delivered in a computer based format and separate performance evaluation (Level 2-Performance Evaluation [L2-PE]) administered through live encounters with standardized patients. L2-PE was designed to augment L2-CE. It is expected that the two examinations measure related yet distinct constructs. Objectives To explore the concurrent validity of L2-CE with L2-PE. Methods First attempt test scores were obtained from the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners database for 6,639 candidates who took L2-CE between June 2019 and May 2020 and matched to the students’ L2-PE scores. The sample represented all colleges of osteopathic medicine and 97.5% of candidates who took L2-CE during the complete 2019–2020 test cycle. We calculated disattenuated correlations between the total score for L2-CE, the L2-CE scores for the seven competency domains (CD1 through CD7), and the L2-PE scores for the Humanistic Domain (HM) and Biomedical/Biomechanical Domain (BM). All scores were on continuous scales. Results Pearson correlations ranged from 0.10 to 0.88 and were all statically significant (p Conclusions This study provides evidence supporting the validity of the blueprints for constructing COMLEX-USA Levels 2-CE and 2-PE examinations in concert with the purpose and nature of the examinations. |
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