A new approach to evaluating-problem-solving in medical students

Berner, Eta S.; Hamilton, Lori; Best, William R.

doi:10.1097/00001888-197407000-00004

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“…Recently, a number of devices have been introduced to simulate the physician-patient encounter. A commonly used simulation is that of patient management problems (Rimoldi, 1961;Williamson, 1965;McGuire and Babbott, 1967;Helfer and Slater, 1971;Hubbard, 1971;Berner, Hamilton and Best, 1974;Palva, 1974). One modification made to patient management problems (PMP) is to adapt them for presentation via a computer video screen and terminal.…”

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A Preliminary Investigation of Computerized Patient Management Problems in Relation to Other Examinations

Skakun

Taylor

Wilson

et al. 1979

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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In order to provide a better assessment of the performance of medical students, new testing devices have been introduced. One of these devices labelled as the computerized patient management problem has been used by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as an additional examination in the final certifying process of pediatricians. The present paper uses factor analysis to determine whether computerized patient management problems span the test space spanned by multiple choice examinations and a rating scale. From the analysis it would appear that the computerized problems overlap with the multiple choice examinations to a certain degree and bear no relationship to the rating scale.

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A Preliminary Investigation of Computerized Patient Management Problems in Relation to Other Examinations

Skakun

Taylor

Wilson

et al. 1979

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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“…[16–18] Clinical reasoning tests are among those tests called alternative assessment. Alternative assessments assess students’ knowledge or skills by making assessment condition close to real situations.…”

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A comprehensive test of clinical reasoning for medical students: An olympiad experience in Iran

Monajemi

Arabshahi²,

Soltani

et al. 2012

J Edu Health Promot

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Background:Although some tests for clinical reasoning assessment are now available, the theories of medical expertise have not played a major role in this filed. In this paper, illness script theory was chose as a theoretical framework and contemporary clinical reasoning tests were put together based on this theoretical model.Materials and Methods:This paper is a qualitative study performed with an action research approach. This style of research is performed in a context where authorities focus on promoting their organizations’ performance and is carried out in the form of teamwork called participatory research.Results:Results are presented in four parts as basic concepts, clinical reasoning assessment, test framework, and scoring.Conclusion:we concluded that no single test could thoroughly assess clinical reasoning competency, and therefore a battery of clinical reasoning tests is needed. This battery should cover all three parts of clinical reasoning process: script activation, selection and verification. In addition, not only both analytical and non-analytical reasoning, but also both diagnostic and management reasoning should evenly take into consideration in this battery. This paper explains the process of designing and implementing the battery of clinical reasoning in the Olympiad for medical sciences students through an action research.

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“…The statistics questions were based on the analysis of several journal articles and required the student to evaluate the author's statistical methodology and conclusions. In addition to specific content assessed in the problem solving context, the steps in problem solving and management of a single clinical case were also evaluated by a new technique developed for this examination (Berner et al , 1974).…”

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The attainment of specified objectives by medical students in different learning environments

Berner

Tremonti

1976

Medical Education

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Summary Medical students were provided with behavioural objectives for the problem solving phase of their curriculum. They were assigned for 11 weeks to various hospital settings that differed in the presence or absence of structured classes, the expertise of the teaching staff, the amount of instruction time and the types of learning experiences. At the end of that time, the students took the same examination to measure attainment of the objectives. The only variable that was associated with significantly different examination scores was presence or absence of structured classes.

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A new approach to evaluating-problem-solving in medical students

Cited by 21 publications

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A Preliminary Investigation of Computerized Patient Management Problems in Relation to Other Examinations

A Preliminary Investigation of Computerized Patient Management Problems in Relation to Other Examinations

A comprehensive test of clinical reasoning for medical students: An olympiad experience in Iran

The attainment of specified objectives by medical students in different learning environments

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