Assessment in the context of uncertainty: How many members are needed on the panel of reference of a script concordance test?

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 284-291

  Gagnon, R ^a   Charlin, B ^a   Coletti, M ^b   Sauve E ^a   Van Der Vleuten, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Hematology Department University of Bobigny   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical competence *standards; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Educational measurement standards; Physicians family; Physicians role; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCRIPT CONCORDANCE TEST; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 15244363965     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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