Effect of Position-within-Sequence on Case Performance in a Multiple-Stations Examination Using Standardized-Patient Cases.

Colliver, Jerry A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ433850

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Effect of Position-within-Sequence on Case Performance in a Multiple-Stations Examination Using Standardized-Patient Cases.

Colliver, Jerry A.; And Others

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v14 n3 p343-55 Sep 1991

A study was conducted to assess the effect of station position in a multiple-stations performance-based examination administered to 127 senior medical students. There was no evidence for a sequence effect on student performance, with no improvement on scores awarded for standardized cases across successive cases in the examination. (SLD)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Case Histories, Medical Education, Medical Students, Performance Based Assessment, Science Tests, Scores, Test Construction, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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