Showing 1 - 3 of 3 Research Library Publications

An Experimental Comparison of Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions on a High-Stakes Test for Medical Students

Posted: | Janet Mee, Ravi Pandian, Justin Wolczynski, Amy Morales, Miguel Paniagua, Polina Harik, Peter Baldwin, Brian E. Clauser

Advances in Health Sciences Education

 

Recent advancements enable replacing MCQs with SAQs in high-stakes assessments, but prior research often used small samples under low stakes and lacked time data. This study assesses difficulty, discrimination, and time in a large-scale high-stakes context

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Links to Outcomes, General Measurement

How the Quadruple Aim Widens the Lens on the Transition to Residency

Posted: | Michael A. Barone, Jessica L. Bienstock, Elise Lovell, John R. Gimpel, Grant L. Lin, Jennifer Swails, George C. Mejicano

Journal of Graduate Medical Education: Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 634-638

 

This article discusses recent recommendations from the UME-GME Review Committee (UGRC) to address challenges in the UME-GME transition—including complexity, negative impact on well-being, costs, and inequities.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Other, Health Professions

The Undergraduate to Graduate Medical Education Transition as a Systems Problem: A Root Cause Analysis

Posted: | Jennifer L. Swails, Steven Angus, Michael Barone, Jessica Bienstock, Jesse Burk-Rafel, Michelle Roett, Karen E. Hauer

Academic Medicine: Volume 98 - Issue 2 - Pages 180-187

 

This article describes the work of the Coalition for Physician Accountability’s Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education Review Committee (UGRC) to apply a quality improvement approach and systems thinking to explore the underlying causes of dysfunction in the undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME) transition.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Other, Health Professions