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Concurrent Validity of Written and OSCE Components of the Canadian Dental Certification Examinations
Author(s) -
Gerrow Jack D.,
Murphy H. Joseph,
Boyd Marcia A.,
Scott David A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2003.67.8.tb03676.x
Subject(s) - certification , medical education , educational measurement , psychology , medicine , medical physics , dentistry , pedagogy , political science , curriculum , law
The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB) Written Examination and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) by correlating students' scores with their performance in the final year of the D.D.S./D.M.D. program. The subjects of this study were the 2,317 students at nine Canadian dental schools who completed both NDEB examinations between 1995 and 2000. The findings indicate positive correlations (r=0.43 and r=0.46, p<. 001, for the written and OSCE examinations respectively) between students' examination scores and final year results. Year‐to‐year and school‐to‐school variations were minimal. These findings supported the concurrent validity of both NDEB examinations.