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Impact of reference panel composition on scores of script concordance test assessing basic nephrology knowledge in undergraduate medical education.
- Source :
- Medical Teacher; Jan2024, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p110-116, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In the assessment of basic medical knowledge, the composition of the reference panel between specialists and primary care (PC) physicians is a contentious issue. We assessed the effect of panel composition on the scores of undergraduate medical students in a script concordance test (SCT). The scale of an SCT on basic nephrology knowledge was set by a panel of nephrologists or a mixed panel of nephrologists and PC physicians. The results of the SCTs were compared with ANOVA for repeated measurements. Concordance was assessed with Bland and Altman plots. Forty-five students completed the SCT. Their scores differed according to panel composition: 65.6 ± 9.73/100 points for nephrologists, and 70.27 ± 8.82 for the mixed panel, p < 0.001. Concordance between the scores was low with a bias of −4.27 ± 2.19 and a 95% limit of agreement of −8.96 to −0.38. Panel composition led to a change in the ranking of 71% of students (mean 3.6 ± 2.6 places). The composition of the reference panel, either specialist or mixed, for SCT assessment of basic knowledge has an impact on test results and student rankings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NATIONAL competency-based educational tests
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
MEDICAL students
HEALTH occupations students
NEPHROLOGY
UNDERGRADUATE programs
UNDERGRADUATES
ACADEMIC achievement
COMPARATIVE studies
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
REPEATED measures design
CLINICAL competence
MEDICAL education
MEDICAL logic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0142159X
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medical Teacher
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175233476
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2023.2239441