Construction and utilization of a script concordance test as an assessment tool for DCEM3 (5th year) medical students in rheumatology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The script concordance test (SCT) is a method for assessing clinical reasoning of medical students by placing them in a context of uncertainty such as they will encounter in their future daily practice. Script concordance testing is going to be included as part of the computer-based national ranking examination (iNRE).This study was designed to create a script concordance test in rheumatology and use it for DCEM3 (fifth year) medical students administered via the online platform of the Clermont-Ferrand medical school.

Methods

Our SCT for rheumatology teaching was constructed by a panel of 19 experts in rheumatology (6 hospital-based and 13 community-based). One hundred seventy-nine DCEM3 (fifth year) medical students were invited to take the test. Scores were comp

SUBMITTER: Mathieu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878954 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature