Journal article
Grading medical students in a psychiatry clerkship: correlation with the NBME subject examination scores and its implications
Academic psychiatry, v 35(5), pp 322-324
2011
PMID: 22007091
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Abstract
The author analyzed and compared various assessment methods for assessment of medical students; these methods included clinical assessment and the standardized National Board of Medical Education (NBME) subject examination.
Students were evaluated on their 6-week clerkship in psychiatry by both their clinical supervisors and the NBME exam. Results on clinical parameters and the standardized test were analyzed by correlation measures.
The total clinical grade did not correlate with the shelf-examination (NBME) scores. Knowledge-base scores correlated weakly with NBME examination scores. The shelf-examination scores showed a stronger correlation with the interpersonal component of the clinical grade than with the faculty assessment of the students' medical knowledge, history-taking skills, or clinical skills.
Grades received by the students in clinical reasoning and data-synthesis, history-taking skills, and the total clinical grade, did not predict students' standardized examination score. Surprisingly, students with stronger interpersonal attributes performed better on the shelf-examination.
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- Title
- Grading medical students in a psychiatry clerkship: correlation with the NBME subject examination scores and its implications
- Creators
- Dilip Ramchandani - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Academic psychiatry, v 35(5), pp 322-324
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000296892500011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-80054732647
- Other Identifier
- 991019169696004721
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