Online assessment of medical students' communication competence in patient encounters: Validation of the VA-MeCo situational judgement test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical communication is a core task of physicians, and its quality affects both patients and physicians. Hence, the teaching and measurement of medical communication competence (MCC) are crucial during medical studies. This study aims to explore the factorial and construct validity of the Video-Based Assessment of Medical Communication Competence (VA-MeCo), an online-situational judgement test (SJT) designed to measure three aspects of medical students' communication competence in patient encounters: advancing content, providing structure, and building relationship.

Methods

We conducted an online survey with N = 395 medical students. Factorial validity was tested by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). To investigate convergent and discriminant aspects of construc

SUBMITTER: Reiser S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456786 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature