美国紧急医疗委员会紧急医疗服务认证考试的初始有效性证据
Earl J Reisdorff1, Kevin B Joldersma1, Chadd K Kraus1
1American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan.
Prehospital emergency care
|July 23, 2024
概括
紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 认证考试显示出强大的有效性,确保对子专业认证的公平评估. 完成认可的奖学金培训显著增加了通过严格的EMS考试的可能性.
科学领域:
- 医学子专业 医学子专业
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 医学教育评估 医学教育评估
背景情况:
- 美国紧急医疗委员会 (ABEM) 在2010年建立了紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 的子专业认证.
- 认证要求完成医学研究生教育认证委员会 (ACGME) 认可的EMS培训,并通过标准化考试.
- 第一次EMS认证考试于2013年10月进行.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估ABEM EMS子专业认证考试的有效性.
- 通过使用多个有效性证据来源来评估审查的可靠性和公平性.
- 为了确定奖学金培训是否与考试成功相关.
主要方法:
- 内容有效性是基于EMS核心内容和工作任务分析来确定的.
- 检查了反应过程和内部结构,Cronbach的α从0.82到0.92.
- 与其他变量之间的关系包括奖学金培训与考试成绩之间的关联.
- 通过使用测试结果进行认证决策来评估后续有效性.
主要成果:
- 发现了强有力的内容有效性证据,得到了详细的开发过程和检查蓝图的支持.
- 内部一致性很高,克伦巴赫的α值表明可靠的项目关系.
- 完成ACGME认可的EMS奖学金培训的医生通过考试的可能性明显更高 (p < 0.0001).
结论:
- 实质性和多样化的有效性证据支持使用EMS认证考试进行总结性决策.
- 该考试是评估EMS医学能力的有效和可靠工具.
- 在完成认可的奖学金培训和通过EMS认证考试之间存在统计学上显著的关联.
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