Validating Parallel-Forms Tests for Assessing Anesthesia Resident Knowledge.

ABSTRACT: We created a serious game to teach first year anesthesiology (CA-1) residents to perform general anesthesia for cesarean delivery. We aimed to investigate resident knowledge gains after playing the game and having received one of 2 modalities of debriefing. We report on the development and validation of scores from parallel test forms for criterion-referenced interpretations of resident knowledge. The test forms were intended for use as pre- and posttests for the experiment. Validation of instruments measuring the study's primary outcome was considered essential for adding rigor to the planned experiment, to be able to trust the study's results. Parallel, multiple-choice test forms development steps included: (1) assessment purpose and population specification; (2) content domain specifica

SUBMITTER: Lee AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature