Evidence of Construct Validity of Computer-Based Tests for Clinical Reasoning: Instrument Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical reasoning (CR) is a fundamental skill for all medical students. In our medical education system, however, there are shortcomings in the conventional methods of teaching CR. New technology is needed to enhance our CR teaching, especially as we are facing an influx of new health trainees. China Medical University (CMU), in response to this need, has developed a computer-based CR training system (CMU-CBCRT).

Objective

We aimed to find evidence of construct validity of the CMU-CBCRT.

Methods

We recruited 385 students from fifth year undergraduates to postgraduate year (PGY) 3 to complete the test on CMU-CBCRT. The known-groups technique was used to evaluate the construct validity of the CBCRT by comparing the test scores among 4 training levels (fifth

SUBMITTER: Zuo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663660 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature