title: Reliability and validity testing of an evidence-based medicine OSCE station.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. tudiverf@etsu.edu
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tudiver
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Burt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfortmiller
mesh_terms: 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