Showing 1 - 2 of 2 Research Library Publications

Does Incorporating a Measure of Clinical Workload Improve Workplace-Based Assessment Scores? Insights for Measurement Precision and Longitudinal Score Growth From Ten Pediatrics Residency Programs

Posted: | Y.S. Park, P.J. Hicks, C. Carraccio, M. Margolis, A. Schwartz

Academic Medicine: November 2018 - Volume 93 - Issue 11S - p S21-S29

 

This study investigates the impact of incorporating observer-reported workload into workplace-based assessment (WBA) scores on (1) psychometric characteristics of WBA scores and (2) measuring changes in performance over time using workload-unadjusted versus workload-adjusted scores.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Scoring

Emergency Medicine Student End-of-Rotation Examinations: Where Are We Now? 

Posted: | E. S. Miller, C. Heitz, L. Ross, M. S. Beeson

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 19(1)

 

This review is a descriptive summary of the development of National EM M4 examinations, Version 1 (V1) and Version 2 (V2), and the NBME EM Advanced Clinical Examination (ACE) and their relevant usage and performance data. In particular, it describes how examination content was edited to affect desired changes in examination performance data and offers a model for educators seeking to develop their own examinations.

Category:Product-Oriented Research, NBME