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Similarities Between Clinically Matched and Unmatched Analogue Patient Raters: A Mixed Methods Study

Posted: | Ann King, Kathleen Mazor, Andrew Houriet, Thea Musselman, Ruth Hoppe, Angelo D’Addario

Patient Education and Counseling: Volume 109, Supplement, April 2023, Page 2

 

Physicians' responses to patient communication were assessed by both clinically matched and unmatched analogue patients (APs). Significant correlations between their ratings indicated consistency in evaluating physician communication skills. Thematic analysis identified twenty-one common themes in both clinically matched and unmatched AP responses, suggesting similar assessments of important behaviors. These findings imply that clinically unmatched APs can effectively substitute for clinically matched ones in evaluating physician communication and offering feedback when the latter are unavailable.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Applications of Technology, Links to Outcomes

“Cephalgia” or “Migraine”? Solving the Headache of Assessing Clinical Reasoning Using Natural Language Processing

Posted: | Christopher Runyon, Polina Harik, Michael Barone

Diagnosis: Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 54-60

 

This op-ed discusses the advantages of leveraging natural language processing (NLP) in the assessment of clinical reasoning. It also provides an overview of INCITE, the Intelligent Clinical Text Evaluator, a scalable NLP-based computer-assisted scoring system that was developed to measure clinical reasoning ability as assessed in the written documentation portion of the now-discontinued USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills examination. 

Category:Product-Oriented Research, USMLE, Assessment-Oriented Research, Applications of Technology