Description and impact of using a standard-setting method for determining pass/fail scores in a surgery clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-257

  Schindler, Nancy ^a   Corcoran, Julia ^a   DaRosa, Debra ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship grades; Hofstee; Pass fail cutoff; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 33846204615     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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