A multicenter study to provide evidence of construct validity in a computer-based outcome measure of neurology clinical skills.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2005
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.
Volume
80
Issue
10 Suppl
First Page
71
Last Page
74
ISSN
1040-2446
Published In/Presented At
Obeso, V. T., Gordon, D. L., Issenberg, S. B., Baker, J. W., Clark, R. G., Reynolds, P. S., Lewis, S. L., Khan, J., & Petrusa, E. R. (2005). A multicenter study to provide evidence of construct validity in a computer-based outcome measure of neurology clinical skills. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 80(10 Suppl), S71–S74. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200510001-00020
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16199463
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article