Origin bias of test items compromises the validity and fairness of curriculum comparisons

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1217-1223

  Muijtjens, Arno M M ^a   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; Clinical competence *standards; Comparative study publication type ; Curriculum *standards; Multicentre study publication type ; Netherlands; Selection bias; Validation studies publication type

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; NETHERLANDS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 36649038055     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02934.x     Document Type: Article

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