Six Years of Comprehensive, Clinical, Performance-Based Assessment Using Standardized Patients at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Vu, Nu Viet; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ439752

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446

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Six Years of Comprehensive, Clinical, Performance-Based Assessment Using Standardized Patients at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Vu, Nu Viet; And Others

Academic Medicine, v67 n1 p42-50 Jan 1992

The use of a performance-based assessment of senior medical students' clinical skills utilizing standardized patients was evaluated, with 6,804 student-patient encounters involving 405 students over 6 years. Results provide evidence for test security, content validity, construct validity, reliability, and test ability to discriminate a wide range of students' clinical performances. (DB)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students, Performance Based Assessment, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Work Sample Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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