Grading Medical Students in a Psychiatry Clerkship: Correlation with the NBME Subject Examination Scores and Its Implications

Autor/in	Ramchandani, Dilip
Titel	Grading Medical Students in a Psychiatry Clerkship: Correlation with the NBME Subject Examination Scores and Its Implications
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 35 (2011) 5, S.322-324 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.35.5.322
Schlagwörter	Graduate Medical Education; Medical Students; Standardized Tests; Psychiatry; Scores; Clinical Experience; Evaluation Methods; Comparative Analysis; Student Evaluation; Correlation; Interpersonal Competence; College Faculty; Thinking Skills; Grades (Scholastic) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Psychiatrie; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Korrelation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Fakultät; Denkfähigkeit; Notenspiegel
Abstract	Background/Objective: The author analyzed and compared various assessment methods for assessment of medical students; these methods included clinical assessment and the standardized National Board of Medical Education (NBME) subject examination. Method: Students were evaluated on their 6-week clerkship in psychiatry by both their clinical supervisors and the NBME exam. Results on clinical parameters and the standardized test were analyzed by correlation measures. Results: The total clinical grade did not correlate with the shelf-examination (NBME) scores. Knowledge-base scores correlated weakly with NBME examination scores. The shelf-examination scores showed a stronger correlation with the interpersonal component of the clinical grade than with the faculty assessment of the students' medical knowledge, history-taking skills, or clinical skills. Conclusion: Grades received by the students in clinical reasoning and data-synthesis, history-taking skills, and the total clinical grade, did not predict students' standardized examination score. Surprisingly, students with stronger interpersonal attributes performed better on the shelf-examination. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10