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Variation in passing standards for graduation-level knowledge items at UK medical schools.
OBJECTIVES: Given the absence of a common passing standard for students at UK medical schools, this paper compares independently set standards for common 'one from five' single-best-answer (multiple-choice) items used in...
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Kirsten Corder, Andrew J Atkin, Diane J Bamber, Soren Brage, Valerie J Dunn, Ulf Ekelund, Matthew Owens, Esther Mf van Sluijs, Ian M Goodyer
Aug 18, 2015
Developing and piloting a resource for training assessors in use of the Mini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation exercise).
The assessment of undergraduate medical students in
the clinical setting has become a key priority for medical
educators. Facilitating the successful translation of undergraduate
theoretical knowledge into safe and...
Order effects in high stakes undergraduate examinations
Clinical Competence Educational Measurement MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING Adult Clinical Competence Confidence Intervals Education Medical Undergraduate Educational Measurement Female Humans Male Medical History Taking Obstetrics Pediatrics Physical Examination Reproducibility of Results Schools Medical Students Medical United Kingdom
Comparing single-best-answer and very-short-answer questions for the assessment of applied medical knowledge in 20 UK medical schools
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to compare candidate performance between traditional best-of-five single-best-answer (SBA) questions and very-short-answer (VSA) questions, in which candidates must generate their own answers of...
assessment MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING applied medical knowledge Academic performance Clinical Competence Cross-Sectional Studies Decision Making Education Medical Undergraduate Educational Measurement Humans Knowledge learning Schools Medical Students Medical Surveys and Questionnaires United Kingdom
Gender differences in mathematics anxiety and the relation to mathematics performance while controlling for test anxiety.
Testing the Construct Validity of a Virtual Reality Hip Arthroscopy Simulator
$\textit{Purpose:}$ To test the construct validity of the hip diagnostics module of a virtual reality hip arthroscopy simulator.
$\textit{Methods:}$ Nineteen orthopaedic surgeons performed a simulated arthroscopic examination...
National inter-rater agreement of standardised simulated-patient-based assessments.
Amir H Sam, Michael D Reid, Viral Thakerar, Mark Gurnell, Rachel Westacott, Malcolm Wr Reed, Celia A Brown
Nov 24, 2020
Evaluating the complementary roles of an SJT and academic assessment for entry into clinical practice.
Fran Cousans, Fiona Patterson, Helena Edwards, Kim Walker, John C McLachlan, David Good
Sep 23, 2016
Academic attainment In-role performance Predictive validity Situational judgement tests Supervisor ratings Trainee physicians Achievement Adult Clinical Competence Education Medical Graduate Educational Measurement Female Humans Judgment Male Predictive Value of Tests Racial Groups Reproducibility of Results School Admission Criteria United Kingdom
Examiner perceptions of the MRCGP recorded consultation assessment for general practice licensing during COVID-19
Vanessa Botan, Despina Laparidou, Viet-Hai Phung, Peter Cheung, Adrian Freeman, Richard Wakeford, Meiling Denney, Graham R Law, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena
Feb 26, 2023
BACKGROUND: The Recorded Consultation Assessment (RCA) was developed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic to replace the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) for UK general practice licensing. Our aim was to evaluate examiner...
Can achievement at medical admission tests predict future performance in postgraduate clinical assessments? A UK-based national cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether scores on two undergraduate admissions tests (BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)) predict performance on the postgraduate Membership of the Royal...
The evolution of an SBNS-accredited NANSIG simulated skills workshop for aspiring neurosurgical trainees
Melissa Gough, Georgios Solomou, Danyal Zaman Khan, Mohammed Kamel, Daniel Fountain, Ashwin Kumaria, Richard Ashpole, Saurabh Sinha, Nigel Mendoza
May 01, 2021