Reliability and validity testing of an evidence-based medicine OSCE station.
The six competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education include the lifelong learning skills of evidence-based medicine (EBM)/information mastery. We developed and tested an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) station that would measure these skills in family medicine residents. This EBM OSCE station is a 30-minute station within a regular OSCE exam. It uses an 8-point checklist and global measure and has good psychometric properties, including construct validity, interrater reliability (correlation=.96), and internal reliability (Cronbach's=.58). This tool is useful for training programs, since assessing EBM/information mastery is an important part of the evaluation of physician skills.
Tudiver
Fred
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Department of Family Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. tudiverf@etsu.edu
Rose
Doug
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Banks
Burt
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Pfortmiller
Deborah
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D003201:Computers; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013714:Tennessee