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Clerkship evaluation--what are we measuring?

Kevin McLaughlin1, George Vitale, Sylvain Coderre

  • 1University of Calgary, Canada. kevin.mclaughlin@calgaryhealthregion.ca

Medical Teacher
|March 31, 2009
PubMed
Summary

Physician training evaluations identified three core components: information processing, professionalism, and declarative knowledge. Current assessment tools like OSCE and MCQ primarily measure declarative knowledge, indicating a need for improved evaluation methods.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Research
  • Internal Medicine Training

Background:

  • Evolving societal expectations necessitate changes in physician training objectives.
  • Emphasis on multiple physician roles requires robust evaluation methods.
  • Current evaluation practices for physician training roles require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify the principal components of evaluation within the Internal Medicine clerkship rotation.
  • To analyze the structure of assessment tools used in medical training.

Main Methods:

  • Factor analysis was applied to evaluation data from the Internal Medicine clerkship.
  • Data included in-training evaluation reports (ITER), objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), and multiple-choice question (MCQ) examinations.

Main Results:

  • Three principal components of evaluation were identified: information processing, professionalism, and declarative knowledge.
  • Both OSCE and MCQ assessments loaded onto the 'declarative knowledge' factor.
  • The ITER items loaded onto 'information processing' and 'professionalism' factors.

Conclusions:

  • Despite using multiple evaluation tools, only three core components were identified.
  • MCQ and OSCE assessments predominantly measure declarative knowledge, potentially due to standardized patient use without clinical findings.
  • The In-Training Evaluation Report (ITER) lacks discriminant validity due to overlapping attributes and systematic errors like halo effect and leniency.