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Amanda Andrews Benson1, Linda S Bobo, Michael S Green
1Department of Athletic Training, Troy University, 3212 Veterans Stadium Dr., Troy, AL 36082, USA. akandrews@troy.edu
Journal of Allied Health
|September 13, 2012
Summary
Clinical instructors grade students higher in real-time evaluations compared to video recordings. This impacts the fairness of assessing psychomotor clinical skills (PCS) and may disproportionately affect students in lower academic classifications.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Allied Health Professions
- Clinical Skills Assessment
Background:
- Ensuring consistent and fair grading in clinical settings is challenging.
- The optimal method for clinical evaluation remains undetermined.
- Fairness in scoring allied health students is crucial for professional development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the accuracy of real-time student scoring against video-recorded evaluations.
- To investigate potential discrepancies in grading based on assessment method.
Main Methods:
- Twenty-seven allied health students participated in the study.
- Students performed a learned psychomotor clinical skill (PCS).
- Performance was assessed and scored in both real-time and via videotape.
Main Results:
- Higher scores were assigned during real-time assessments compared to videotaped ones (p = 0.006).
- A trend suggested that student academic classification (sophomore, junior, graduate) influenced scoring accuracy (p = 0.074).
Conclusions:
- Real-time scoring leads to inflated student performance evaluations compared to video scoring.
- Inaccurate psychomotor clinical skill (PCS) evaluations may be more prevalent in students from lower academic classifications.
- Findings highlight the need for standardized and objective clinical grading methods.
