title: An assessment of a postgraduate examination of competence in general practice: Part 2: Validity.
abstract: The 1987 part one examination of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners was evaluated. This assessment of competence assumes that the results of the assessment truly reflect the competence of the candidate in real life. The degree to which the assessment achieves this is a measure of its fairness and accuracy. This report discusses the methodology and results of the evaluation of the validity of the part one examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Auckland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D015203:Reproducibility of Results