title: Standardized (simulated) patients' accuracy in recording clinical performance check-list items.
abstract: In large-scale performance-based assessment of medical professionals' clinical competence, simulated patients (standardized patients-SPs) are used not only to simulate case problems but also to record on check-list the examinees' clinical performance during their encounter with the SPs. The purposes of this study were to determine the SPs' overall accuracy in recording check-list items, and whether their accuracy was affected by the various characteristics of the check-list, and by the different times during a day and the different days within the examination when the recordings were obtained. Results showed that the SPs' accuracy in recording check-list items was good to very good and was affected by the length of the check-list, as well as by the type and the clarity of the check-list item. It was further found that the SPs' accuracy was consistent and did not vary over the course of a one-day or a 15-day examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62794-9230.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marcy
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Colliver
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Verhulst
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Travis
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Barrows
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015588:Observer Variation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012381:Role Playing; D012803:Sick Role; D013997:Time Factors