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  • Medical Education
  • Anesthesiology
  • Simulation-based Learning

Background:

  • General anesthesia for cesarean delivery requires specialized training for anesthesiology residents.
  • Serious games offer a novel approach to medical education and skill acquisition.
  • Assessing knowledge gains requires validated instruments for accurate outcome measurement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate parallel test forms for assessing resident knowledge in general anesthesia for cesarean delivery.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game in improving resident knowledge.
  • To establish reliable and valid assessment tools for medical simulation training.

Main Methods:

  • Development of parallel multiple-choice test forms using Classical Test Theory (CTT).
  • Content validation by experts and empirical validation through field testing with residents and attending anesthesiologists.
  • Analysis of item difficulty, discrimination indices, Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20), and parallel forms reliability.

Main Results:

  • Parallel test forms demonstrated near-normal score distributions and met criterion-referenced test design assumptions.
  • Experienced residents performed significantly better than novice residents (P < .05).
  • High parallel forms reliability (0.86) and KR-20 estimates (above .70) confirmed score robustness.

Conclusions:

  • Validated parallel test forms are robust for assessing knowledge outcomes in anesthesiology residents.
  • The developed assessment tools support the rigorous evaluation of simulation-based medical education.
  • These instruments can reliably measure knowledge acquisition in specialized anesthetic procedures.