Assessing communication skills during OSCE: need for integrated psychometric approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians' communication skills (CS) are known to significantly affect the quality of health care. Communication skills training programs are part of most undergraduate medical curricula and are usually assessed in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) throughout the curriculum. The adoption of reliable measurement instruments is thus essential to evaluate such skills.

Methods

Using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MGCFA) and Item Response Theory analysis (IRT) the current retrospective study tested the factorial validity and reliability of a four-item global rating scale developed by Hodges and McIlroy to measure CS among 296 third- and fourth-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva, Swit

SUBMITTER: Piumatti G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature