Investigating a self-scoring interview simulation for learning and assessment in the medical consultation

Catherine Bruen; Clarence Kreiter; Vincent Wade; Teresa Pawlikowska

doi:10.2147/AMEP.S128321

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Investigating a self-scoring interview simulation for learning and assessment in the medical consultation

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Investigating a self-scoring interview simulation for learning and assessment in the medical consultation

Catherine Bruen, Clarence Kreiter, Vincent Wade and Teresa Pawlikowska

Advances in medical education and practice, Vol.8, pp.353-358

01/01/2017

DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S128321

PMCID: PMC5457147

PMID: 28603434

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Abstract

Experience with simulated patients supports undergraduate learning of medical consultation skills. Adaptive simulations are being introduced into this environment. The authors investigate whether it can underpin valid and reliable assessment by conducting a generalizability analysis using IT data analytics from the interaction of medical students (in psychiatry) with adaptive simulations to explore the feasibility of adaptive simulations for supporting automated learning and assessment. The generalizability (G) study was focused on two clinically relevant variables: clinical decision points and communication skills. While the G study on the communication skills score yielded low levels of true score variance, the results produced by the decision points, indicating clinical decision-making and confirming user knowledge of the process of the Calgary-Cambridge model of consultation, produced reliability levels similar to what might be expected with rater-based scoring. The findings indicate that adaptive simulations have potential as a teaching and assessment tool for medical consultations.

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Title: Subtitle: Investigating a self-scoring interview simulation for learning and assessment in the medical consultation
Creators: Catherine Bruen - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Clarence Kreiter - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Vincent Wade - Trinity College Dublin
Teresa Pawlikowska - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Advances in medical education and practice, Vol.8, pp.353-358
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S128321
PMID: 28603434
PMCID: PMC5457147
NLM abbreviation: Adv Med Educ Pract
ISSN: 1179-7258
eISSN: 1179-7258
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
Number of pages: 6
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2017
Academic Unit: Family and Community Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984297446402771

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