1. A multicenter study to provide evidence of construct validity in a computer-based outcome measure of neurology clinical skills.
- Author
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Obeso VT, Gordon DL, Issenberg SB, Baker JW, Clark RG, Reynolds PS, Lewis SL, Khan J, and Petrusa ER
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- Florida, Humans, Internship and Residency, Prospective Studies, Reproducibility of Results, Students, Medical, Clinical Competence, Computer Simulation, Multimedia, Neurology education, Patient Simulation
- Abstract
Background: Using computer-based simulation to assess clinical skill-a key competence for medical trainees-enables standardization and exposure to a broad sample of physical findings. The purpose of this study is to provide evidence of construct validity for a computer-based outcome measure of neurology clinical skills., Method: A total of 128 medical students and neurology residents at four institutions volunteered to take a 34-question computer-based test designed to measure neurology clinical skills. Subjects were classified into three groups based on level of training: novice, intermediate, and experienced., Results: Overall performance increased with level of training. Question difficulty discriminated between groups as predicted. Twenty-six of 34 individual items discriminated between novices and more advanced learners. This test separated learners at different levels of training with a consistency of .92., Conclusion: This study provided evidence of construct validity for a computer-based outcome measure of neurology clinical skills.
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- 2005
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