Strategies in Comparison of Methods for Scoring Patient Management Problems: Use of External Criteria to Validate Scores.

Webster, G. D.; And Others

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Strategies in Comparison of Methods for Scoring Patient Management Problems: Use of External Criteria to Validate Scores.

Webster, G. D.; And Others

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v11 n2 p231-48 Jun 1988

Whether alternative scoring strategies result in improved measurement properties of patient management problems (PMPs) was studied. Nine scoring systems (proficiency, efficiency, select, omit, data gathering, therapy, absolute, goal-oriented, and empiric expert score) were applied to 16 PMPs used in a certifying examination taken by 4,590 subjects. (TJH)

Descriptors: Certification, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Multiple Choice Tests, Physicians, Scoring, Test Validity

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