Assessing the Written Communication Skills of Medical School Graduates

Autor/inn/en	Boulet, John R.; Rebbecchi, Thomas A.; Denton, Elizabeth C.; McKinley, Danette W.; Whelan, Gerald P.
Titel	Assessing the Written Communication Skills of Medical School Graduates
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 9 (2004) 1, S.47-60 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1023/B:AHSE.0000012216.39378.15
Schlagwörter	Generalizability Theory; Medical Education; Graduate Study; Medical Schools; Graduates; Scoring Rubrics; Psychometrics; Clinical Experience; Communication Skills; Medical Students; Interviews; Patients; Data Collection; Writing Exercises; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Kommunikationsstil; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Patient; Data capture; Datensammlung; Schreibübung; USA
Abstract	The ECFMG[R] Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA[R]) was developed to evaluate whether graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) are ready to enter graduate training programs in the United States. The patient note (PN) exercise, conducted after a 15-minute interview with a standardized patient (SP), is specifically used to assess a candidate's ability to summarize and synthesize the data collected. On a yearly basis, approximately 75,000 patient notes are reviewed and scored by physician raters. Recent changes to the PN scoring rubric, combined with enhancements to quality assurance procedures, mandate that additional evidence be provided to support the intended use of PN scores. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the psychometric adequacy of PN scores. Generalizability analyses suggest that while variability in PN ratings can be attributed to the choice of rater, candidate scores are reproducible over the 10-encounter CSA. The relationship of PN scores with other related ability measures and select candidate characteristics provides additional evidence to support the validity of the written exercise. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10