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Assessment of Clinical Skills: A Case Study in Constructing an NLP-based Scoring System for Patient Notes

Posted: | Polina Harik, Janet Mee, Christopher Runyon, Brian E. Clauser

Advancing Natural Language Processing in Educational Assessment: Pages 58-73

 

This chapter describes INCITE, an NLP-based system for scoring free-text responses. It emphasizes the importance of context and the system’s intended use and explains how each component of the system contributed to its accuracy.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Applications of Technology, Scoring

Reported Pediatrics Milestones (Mostly) Measure Program, Not Learner Performance

Posted: | Kimberly Hu, Patricia J. Hicks, Melissa Margolis, Carol Carraccio, Amanda Osta, Marcia L. Winward, Alan Schwartz

Academic Medicine: Volume 95 - Issue 11S - Pages S89-S94

 

Semiannually, U.S. pediatrics residency programs report resident milestone levels to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The Pediatrics Milestones Assessment Collaborative (PMAC) developed workplace-based assessments of 2 inferences. The authors compared learner and program variance in PMAC scores with ACGME milestones.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Links to Outcomes