Measuring competency-relevant knowledge in the competency-oriented student progress test.

ABSTRACT: Background: Since 2013 a competency-oriented student progress test (SKPT) has been administered at a number of German medical schools. The questions are generated on the basis of a two-dimensional blueprint, on which one axis contains the five competency domains - communicative competence (CO), practical clinical competence (CP), theoretical clinical competence (CT), scientific competence (SC), and professional decision-making competence (PR) - that form part of the competency model of the National Competency-based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medicine (NKLM). The feedback for students is structured in part according to these domains. The aim of our study is to examine if the results differentiated by competency domain show adequate measurement accuracy and if the res

SUBMITTER: Moltner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7105759 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature