Journal article
Examining the Generalizability of Ratings across Clerkships Using a Clinical Evaluation Form
Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.24(1), pp.36-46
03/2001
DOI: 10.1177/01632780122034768
PMID: 11233583
Abstract
It is necessary to average multiple clinical evaluation form (CEF) observations to obtain a reliable score. Combining CEF observations across clerkships will provide more observations per student, but it is unknown how an across-clerkship generalization affects reliability. The authors conducted generalizability studies on balanced stratified random samples to examine the impact of averaging across clerkships. The study detected a student by clerkship interaction. Although the interaction magnitude was small, it had a large negative impact on the reliability of the mean score. The authors conclude that averaging across clerkships for the purpose of evaluating global clinical skills will produce a less reliable measure for a fixed number of observations than averages calculated within a clerkship for evaluating clerkship specific skills. The content specificity of clinical skills as measured by the CEF may resemble that found using other measurement methods.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining the Generalizability of Ratings across Clerkships Using a Clinical Evaluation Form
- Creators
- Clarence D KreiterKristi J Ferguson - University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.24(1), pp.36-46
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA
- DOI
- 10.1177/01632780122034768
- PMID
- 11233583
- ISSN
- 0163-2787
- eISSN
- 1552-3918
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2001
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025290802771
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