title: Using Rasch analysis to analyze performance on patient management problems.
abstract: This study demonstrates the usefulness of applying Rasch analysis to PMPs. The item and person fit statistics provide the data necessary for determining how well items are functioning and hence how the test might be improved. The results both enhance our understanding of the trait being measured, medical problem solving, and suggest issues that faculty need to be aware of in constructing and scoring PMPs.
authors.affiliation: Center for Educational Development, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juul
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013223:Statistics as Topic