Comparing the cut score for the borderline group method and borderline regression method with norm-referenced standard setting in an objective structured clinical examination in medical school in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Setting standards is critical in health professions. However, appropriate standard setting methods do not always apply to the set cut score in performance assessment. The aim of this study was to compare the cut score when the standard setting is changed from the norm-referenced method to the borderline group method (BGM) and borderline regression method (BRM) in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in medical school.

Methods

This was an explorative study to model of the BGM and BRM. A total of 107 fourth-year medical students attended the OSCE at seven stations with encountering standardized patients (SPs) and one station with performing skills on a manikin on 15 July 2021. Thirty-two physician examiners evaluated the performance by completing a check

SUBMITTER: Park SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543078 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature