Examining response process validity of script concordance testing: a think-aloud approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated whether medical student responses to Script Concordance Testing (SCT) items represent valid clinical reasoning. Using a think-aloud approach students provided written explanations of the reasoning that underpinned their responses, and these were reviewed for concordance with an expert reference panel.

Methods

A set of 12, 11 and 15 SCT items were administered online to Year 3 (2018), Year 4 (2018) and Year 3 (2019) medical students respectively. Students' free-text descriptions of the reasoning supporting each item response were analysed, and compared with those of the expert panel. Response process validity was quantified as the rate of true positives (percentage of full and partial credit responses derived through correct clinical reasoni

SUBMITTER: Wan MSH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature