Validation of a detailed scoring checklist for use during advanced cardiac life support certification.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Defining valid, reliable, defensible, and generalizable standards for the evaluation of learner performance is a key issue in assessing both baseline competence and mastery in medical education. However, before setting these standards of performance, the reliability of the scores yielding from a grading tool must be assessed. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of scores generated from a set of grading checklists used by nonexpert raters during simulations of American Heart Association (AHA) Megacodes.

Methods

The reliability of scores generated from a detailed set of checklists, when used by 4 nonexpert raters, was tested by grading team leader performance in 8 Megacode scenarios. Videos of the scenarios were reviewed and rated

SUBMITTER: McEvoy MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3467004 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature