Assessing distinguishable social skills in medical admission: does construct-driven development solve validity issues of situational judgment tests?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social skills are important for future physicians and are therefore increasingly considered in selection processes. One economic assessment method from which different social skills can be inferred are Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) in which applicants are asked to rate behavioral responses in context-relevant situations. However, traditional SJTs have so far failed to distinctively measure specified constructs. To address this shortcoming in the medical admission context, we applied a construct-driven approach of SJT development in which test development was deductively guided by agency and communion as target constructs.

Method

The final version of the construct-driven SJT includes 15 items per construct with three behavioral responses. Medical school applica

SUBMITTER: Mielke I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature