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Correlation of a written test of skills and a performance based test : a study in two traditional medical schools
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Abstract
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| Studies in innovative curricula have shown that a written test of skills is potentially able to predict OSCE scores. In this study we verified the potential of a written test of skills as an alternative to an OSCE in two traditional medical schools. A 12 station OSCE was scored using detailed checklists and global rating scales. The written test of skins consisted of 132 true-false questions. Students were assessed immediately before graduation in 1997. The size of the reported correlations confirms that the written test of skills can be used to predict performance-based test scores in traditional medical schools to some extent. For research purposes, particularly for outcome research to compare curricula of medical schools, a written test of skills is a viable alternative to performance-based testing A written test of skills is unable to replace the OSCE for assessment of individual students. |
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Language
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English
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Medical teacher. - Cambridge, Mass., 1972, currens
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Publication
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Cambridge, Mass.
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2001
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ISSN
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0142-159X
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1466-187X
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23
:1
(2001)
, p. 29-32
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000166399600006
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