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Problem-Solving Before Instruction (PS-I): A Protocol for Assessment and Intervention in Students with Different Abilities

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Using Rasch analysis to construct a Clinical Problem-Solving Inventory in the dental clinic: a case study.

Chien-Lin Yang¹, Gene A Kramer

¹American Dental Association, 211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA. yangc@ada.org

Journal of Applied Measurement

|April 19, 2007

Summary

A new Clinical Problem-Solving Inventory effectively measures dental students' abilities using the Rasch model. This validated tool can assess critical thinking skills for the Dental Admission Test.

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Problem-Solving Before Instruction (PS-I): A Protocol for Assessment and Intervention in Students with Different Abilities

Problem-Solving Before Instruction (PS-I): A Protocol for Assessment and Intervention in Students with Different Abilities

Published on: September 11, 2021

Area of Science:

Dental Education
Psychometrics
Educational Assessment

Background:

Assessing clinical problem-solving skills is crucial for dental education.
Existing methods may lack psychometric rigor for evaluating these abilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a psychometrically sound inventory to measure clinical problem-solving abilities in dental students.
To establish the construct validity of the inventory using the Rasch measurement model.

Main Methods:

A 28-item Clinical Problem-Solving Inventory was created.
Expert raters (dental faculty) evaluated 183 dental students using a 5-point scale.
The Rasch measurement model was applied to analyze psychometric properties and data structure.

Main Results:

The Rasch model confirmed the inventory's unidimensionality and identified four distinct levels of clinical problem-solving ability.
Fit statistics and residual analysis refined the instrument, removing four redundant items.
The rating scale demonstrated coherent use across all five categories.

Conclusions:

The refined Clinical Problem-Solving Inventory is a psychometrically sound instrument.
It can serve as a criterion measure for validating critical thinking assessments, such as those on the Dental Admission Test.