Browsing by Subject "Educational Measurement"
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A pilot study of orthopaedic resident self-assessment using a milestones' survey just prior to milestones implementation.
(Int J Med Educ, 2016-01-11)OBJECTIVE: To pilot test if Orthopaedic Surgery residents could self-assess their performance using newly created milestones, as defined by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education. METHODS: In June 2012, ... -
Assessing intraoperative judgment using script concordance testing through the gynecology continuum of practice.
(Med Teach, 2014-08)OBJECTIVE: To measure surgical judgment across the Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) continuum of practice and identify factors that correlate with improved surgical judgment. METHODS: A 45-item written examination was developed ... -
Establishing cutoff scores on assessments of surgical skills to determine surgical competence.
(Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2010-07)OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to establish minimum cutoff scores on intraoperative assessments of surgical skills to determine surgical competence for vaginal hysterectomy. STUDY DESIGN: Two surgical rating scales, ... -
Getting under the hood: how and for whom does increasing course structure work?
(CBE life sciences education, 2014-01)At the college level, the effectiveness of active-learning interventions is typically measured at the broadest scales: the achievement or retention of all students in a course. Coarse-grained measures like these cannot inform ... -
Measuring surgical trainee perceptions to assess the operating room educational environment.
(J Surg Educ, 2010-07)OBJECTIVE: To determine measurable differences in the perception of learning between junior and senior residents in the operating rooms of an obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) residency program. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: ... -
Selectivity of physiotherapist programs in the United States does not differ by institutional funding source or research activity level.
(J Educ Eval Health Prof, 2016)PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare selectivity characteristics among institution characteristics to determine differences by institutional funding source (public vs. private) or research activity level (research ... -
The enhanced examination for professional practice in psychology: A viable approach?
(The American psychologist, 2020-01)Health disciplines have increasingly required competency-based evaluations as a licensure prerequisite. In keeping with this trend, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) has begun to develop a ... -
WriteSim TCExam--an open source text simulation environment for training novice researchers in scientific writing.
(BMC Med Educ, 2010-05-28)BACKGROUND: The ability to write clearly and effectively is of central importance to the scientific enterprise. Encouraged by the success of simulation environments in other biomedical sciences, we developed WriteSim TCExam, ...
