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50 Years of ERIC
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Examining Changes in Certification/Licensure Requirements and the International Medical Graduate Examinee Pool
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McKinley, Danette W.; Hess, Brian J.; Boulet, John R.; Lipner, Rebecca S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Changes in certification requirements and examinee characteristics are likely to influence the validity of the evidence associated with interpretations made based on test data. We examined whether changes in Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification requirements over time were associated with changes in internal…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Certification, Graduation Requirements
Effect of First-Encounter Pretest on Pass/Fail Rates of a Clinical Skills Medical Licensure Examination
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Roberts, William L.; McKinley, Danette W.; Boulet, John R. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2010
Due to the high-stakes nature of medical exams it is prudent for test agencies to critically evaluate test data and control for potential threats to validity. For the typical multiple station performance assessments used in medicine, it may take time for examinees to become comfortable with the test format and administrative protocol. Since each…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Pretests Posttests, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Scores
Does Composition Medium Affect the Psychometric Properties of Scores on an Exercise Designed to Assess Written Medical Communication Skills?
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Boulet, John R.; McKinley, Danette W.; Rebbecchi, Thomas; Whelan, Gerald P. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
The ECFMG[R] Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA[R]) was developed to evaluate whether graduates of international medical schools are ready to enter graduate training programs in the United States. The performance-based patient note exercise is specifically used to assess an examinee's ability to summarize, synthesize and interpret the data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Medical Graduates, Medical Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Graduate Study
Investigating Gender-Related Construct-Irrelevant Components of Scores on the Written Assessment Exercise of a High-Stakes Certification Assessment
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Boulet, John R.; McKinley, Danette W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
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 is specifically used to assess a candidate's ability to summarize and synthesize the data collected in a simulated…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Medical Schools, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis
Detecting Score Drift in a High-Stakes Performance-Based Assessment
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McKinley, Danette W.; Boulet, John R. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
Although studies have been conducted to examine the effects of a variety of factors on the comparability of scores obtained from standardized patient examinations (SPE), little research has been conducted to specifically investigate the challenge of detecting drift in case difficulty estimates over time, particularly for large-scale,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Scores, High Stakes Tests, Performance Based Assessment
Assessing the Written Communication Skills of Medical School Graduates
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Boulet, John R.; Rebbecchi, Thomas A.; Denton, Elizabeth C.; McKinley, Danette W.; Whelan, Gerald P. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
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…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Medical Education, Graduate Study, Medical Schools