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The validity of clerkship performance evaluations
Author(s) -
DAWSONSAUNDERS BETH,
PAIVA ROSALIA E. A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1986.tb01175.x
Subject(s) - educational measurement , medical education , clinical clerkship , psychology , medicine , pedagogy , curriculum
Summary. The validity of narrative evaluations of clinical performance in medical school was investigated for three successive classes of medical school graduates. The criteria were ratings obtained from residency supervisors one year after entering the programme. Bivariate correlational analysis, multiple regression analysis and canonical redundancy analysis were performed to examine the associations between the evaluations by teachers of competence in medical school clerkships and the subsequent ratings by residency supervisors. The results, best summarized in the canonical analysis, showed two relationships between the two sets of measures (λ 1 =0.54 and λ 2 =0.47). The first relationship revealed an overall‐competence‐in‐medicine dimension; the second suggested an interpersonal‐skills/professional‐maturity dimension. Overall, knowledge of clerkship performance accounted for 15% of the variance in residency ratings. The findings suggest the need to improve the assessment of professional maturity and behaviour during medical school.