Validity evidence for communication skills assessment in health professions education: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Communication skills assessment (CSA) is essential for ensuring competency, guiding educational practices and safeguarding regulatory compliance in health professions education (HPE). However, there appears to be heterogeneity in the reporting of validity evidence from CSA methods across the health profession that complicates our interpretation of the quality of assessment methods. Our objective was to map reliability and validity evidence from scores of CSA methods that have been reported in HPE.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, CAB Abstracts and Scopus databases were searched up to March 2024.

Eligibility criteria

We included studies, available in English, that reported validity evidence (content-related,

SUBMITTER: Dorrestein L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414202 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature