title: Psychometric characteristics of a write-up assessment form in a medicine core clerkship.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Case write ups are ubiquitous in medicine clerkships, yet few studies have examined how they are assessed.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the feasibility, reliability, and validity of scores on a new write-up assessment form.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2002, medicine core clerkship students (n = 165) submitted 3 patient write ups (n = 493). Each was graded using a 14-item form and given a Global Write-Up Assessment. Final Global Write-Up grades were correlated to National Board of Medical Examiners medicine subject exam scores and multiple clerkship ratings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For most items on the form, the full 4-point rating range was used. The reproducibility coefficient was .67 (SE = .12). Final Global Write-Up grades were correlated with exam scores (r = .35, p < .05) and inpatient (r = .28, p < .05) and outpatient (r = .16, p < .05) course grades.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The write-up assessment form, as used in a design with multiple write ups and raters, provides relatively precise estimates of performance and can be used to assess written documentation skills.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Jennifer.kogan@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shea
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D011594:Psychometrics; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States