| Literature DB >> 25804967 |
Beesung Kam1, Young Rim Oh2, Sang Hwa Lee3, Hye Rin Roh4, Jong Ryeal Hahm5, Sun Ju Im1.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to judge the quality of clinical skills assessment in Busan-Gyeongnam Consortium.Entities:
Keywords: Outcome and process assessment; Psychometrics; Reliability
Year: 2013 PMID: 25804967 PMCID: PMC8813397 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2013.25.4.327
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Clinical Performance Examination/Objective Structured Clinical Examination Scores
| 2012 (n=350) | 2013 (n=419) | p-value | |||
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| CPX | 62.91 | 6.27 | 64.86 | 5.42 | <0.001 |
| History taking | 69.08 | 8.58 | 70.58 | 6.66 | 0.01 |
| Physical examination | 50.76 | 14.33 | 54.33 | 10.85 | <0.001 |
| Patient education | 51.96 | 15.3 | 57.14 | 17.31 | <0.001 |
| Patient-physician interaction | 64.14 | 7.51 | 59.80 | 7.48 | <0.001 |
| OSCE | 37.47 | 4.54 | 36.27 | 4.19 | <0.001 |
| Total | 66.92 | 5.83 | 67.42 | 5.24 | 0.21 |
OSCE items score was based on 50, the other score was based on 100.
SD: Standard deviation, CPX: Clinical performance examination, OSCE: Objective structured clinical examination.
Overall Reliability Across-Stations
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| Day 1 (n=140) | Day 2 (n=140) | Day 3 (n=70) | Mean (n=350) | Day 1 (n=140) | Day 2 (n=140) | Day 3 (n=139) | Mean (n=419) | |
| CPX (n=6) | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.51 |
| OSCE (n=6) | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.40 |
| Overall (n=12) | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.61 |
CPX: Clinical performance examination, OSCE: Objective structured clinical examination.
Station Reliability according to Days
| Stations | 2012 | Stations | 2013 | ||||
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| Day 1(br)(n=140) | Day 2(br)(n=140) | Day 3(br)(n=70) | Day 1(br)(n=140) | Day 2(br)(n=140) | Day 3(br)(n=139) | ||
| CPX | CPX | ||||||
| Seizure | 0.72 | Insomnia | 0.58 | ||||
| Dyspnea | 0.67 | Dysuria | 0.75 | ||||
| Acute abdominal pain | 0.64 | Developmental delay | 0.70 | ||||
| Amenorrhea | 0.66 | 0.56 | Joint pain | 0.71 | 0.46 | ||
| Polyuria | 0.67 | 0.72 | Chest pain | 0.75 | 0.65 | ||
| Back pain | 0.54 | 0.56 | Hematemesis | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.68 | |
| Mood change | 0.64 | 0.76 | Bleeding tendency | 0.70 | 0.70 | ||
| Palpitation | 0.75 | 0.67 | Antepartum care | 0.70 | 0.70 | ||
| Constipation | 0.68 | 0.69 | Alcohol problems | 0.58 | |||
| Vaccination | 0.86 | Weakness of limbs | 0.85 | ||||
| Breat lump/pain | 0.86 | Hypertension | 0.81 | ||||
| Delivery bad news | 0.79 | Dizziness | 0.68 | ||||
| OSCE | OSCE | ||||||
| Foreign body airway obstruction | 0.92 | Motor/sensory/reflex exam of limbs | 0.60 | ||||
| Local anesthesia | 0.65 | Report of patient | 0.69 | ||||
| K-MMSE | 0.51 | Lower extremities prehospital splinting | 0.63 | ||||
| Lumbar puncture | 0.75 | 0.75 | Venipuncture for blood culture | 0.60 | 0.55 | ||
| Wet smear of the vagina and cervix | 0.61 | 0.57 | Otoscopic exam | 0.61 | 0.49 | ||
| Chest/lung exam | 0.67 | 0.66 | Chest X-ray presentation | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.64 | |
| Basic life support | 0.58 | 0.61 | Intubation | 0.72 | |||
| Exam of delivery | 0.51 | 0.41 | Burn dressing | 0.61 | 0.40 | ||
| Cranical nerve exam | 0.72 | 0.68 | Informed consent | 0.54 | 0.59 | ||
| Blood transfusion | 0.76 | Lumbar puncture | 0.66 | ||||
| Electrocardiography | 0.70 | Neck exam | 0.59 | ||||
| Anorectal exam | 0.72 | Defibrillation | 0.74 | ||||
CPX: Clinical performance examination, OSCE, Objective structured clinical examination, K-MMSE: Korean mini-mental state examination.
Effect of Different Days
| Mean | p-value | Between-group variation (%) | ||||
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Total | |||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Amenorrhea | 60.67 | 65.43 | 63.05 | <0.001 | 5.97 | |
| Polyuria | 57.81 | 58.11 | 57.96 | 0.82 | 0.02 | |
| Back pain | 63.27 | 66.21 | 64.74 | 0.01 | 2.47 | |
| Mood change | 61.77 | 67.73 | 63.75 | <0.001 | 7.48 | |
| Palpitation | 56.34 | 64.79 | 59.16 | <0.001 | 13.25 | |
| Constipation | 70.06 | 73.46 | 71.20 | 0.03 | 2.15 | |
| Lumbar puncture | 33.49 | 36.20 | 34.84 | 0.02 | 1.89 | |
| Wet smear of the vagina and cervix | 43.29 | 41.40 | 42.35 | 0.02 | 1.95 | |
| Chest/lung exam | 42.58 | 44.50 | 43.54 | 0.01 | 2.46 | |
| Basic life support | 41.37 | 44.92 | 42.55 | <0.001 | 7.64 | |
| Exam of delivery | 29.70 | 30.77 | 30.05 | 0.31 | 0.50 | |
| Cranical nerve exam | 32.58 | 37.24 | 34.13 | 0.00 | 4.91 | |
| CPX | 61.13 | 62.99 | 66.31 | 62.91 | <0.001 | 9.12 |
| OSCE | 38.55 | 37.62 | 34.98 | 37.47 | <0.001 | 8.35 |
| Total | 66.46 | 67.07 | 67.53 | 66.92 | 0.42 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | ||||||
| Joint pain | 67.17 | 66.98 | 67.07 | 0.85 | 0.01 | |
| Chest pain | 63.63 | 66.03 | 64.83 | 0.06 | 1.31 | |
| Hematemesis | 68.41 | 71.65 | 74.24 | 71.43 | <0.001 | 7.07 |
| Bleeding tendency | 68.83 | 74.21 | 71.51 | <0.001 | 6.70 | |
| Antepartum care | 51.38 | 56.28 | 53.82 | <0.001 | 5.71 | |
| Venipuncture for blood culture | 38.46 | 38.75 | 38.60 | 0.72 | 0.05 | |
| Otoscopic exam | 32.01 | 29.92 | 30.96 | 0.04 | 1.50 | |
| Chest X-ray presentation | 31.45 | 34.29 | 31.70 | 32.48 | 0.00 | 2.65 |
| Burn dressing | 41.54 | 41.82 | 41.68 | 0.69 | 0.06 | |
| Informed consent | 38.82 | 40.64 | 39.73 | 0.02 | 1.95 | |
| CPX | 65.21 | 65.20 | 64.18 | 64.86 | 0.19 | 0.79 |
| OSCE | 33.90 | 36.49 | 38.44 | 36.27 | <0.001 | 19.74 |
| Total | 66.07 | 67.79 | 68.41 | 67.42 | 0.00 | 3.58 |
OSCE items score was based on 50, the other score was based on 100.
CPX: Clinical performance examination, OSCE, Objective structured clinical examination.
Effect of Different Examination Sites
| Mean | p-value | Between-group variation (%) | |||||
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| A | B | C | D | Total | |||
| 2012 | |||||||
| Seizure | 60.25 | 55.55 | 55.42 | 48.32 | 54.80 | <0.001 | 21.68 |
| Dyspnea | 60.07 | 60.25 | 67.64 | 58.54 | 61.61 | <0.001 | 16.03 |
| Acute abdominal pain | 69.31 | 67.23 | 68.43 | 69.59 | 68.64 | 0.68 | 1.09 |
| Amenorrhea | 62.55 | 65.58 | 62.27 | 61.81 | 63.05 | 0.09 | 2.32 |
| Polyuria | 53.49 | 52.01 | 60.10 | 66.05 | 57.96 | <0.001 | 24.74 |
| Back pain | 68.29 | 60.75 | 65.73 | 64.25 | 64.74 | <0.001 | 8.45 |
| Mood change | 70.45 | 60.36 | 57.98 | 62.93 | 63.75 | <0.001 | 23.15 |
| Palpitation | 61.33 | 58.42 | 58.21 | 57.24 | 59.16 | 0.22 | 2.11 |
| Constipation | 76.30 | 70.02 | 63.45 | 71.09 | 71.20 | <0.001 | 16.02 |
| Vaccination | 72.69 | 54.08 | 63.38 | <0.001 | 22.64 | ||
| Breat lump/pain | 58.46 | 77.48 | 67.97 | <0.001 | 51.59 | ||
| Delivery bad news | 58.88 | 62.19 | 60.54 | 0.21 | 2.27 | ||
| Foreign body airway obstruction | 41.47 | 38.67 | 32.86 | 35.65 | 37.12 | 0.09 | 4.57 |
| Local anesthesia | 35.11 | 40.89 | 40.63 | 38.02 | 38.68 | 0.01 | 8.87 |
| K-MMSE | 35.76 | 38.12 | 35.26 | 35.53 | 36.17 | 0.14 | 3.92 |
| Lumbar puncture | 40.92 | 32.02 | 30.55 | 35.96 | 34.84 | <0.001 | 16.48 |
| Wet smear of the vagina and cervix | 43.22 | 39.69 | 43.47 | 43.01 | 42.35 | 0.00 | 5.19 |
| Chest/lung exam | 44.71 | 42.65 | 45.25 | 41.59 | 43.54 | 0.00 | 6.01 |
| Basic life support | 40.00 | 43.49 | 42.86 | 45.46 | 42.55 | <0.001 | 10.61 |
| Exam of delivery | 31.59 | 28.30 | 31.43 | 29.12 | 30.05 | 0.02 | 4.47 |
| Cranical nerve exam | 32.91 | 35.61 | 32.76 | 35.00 | 34.13 | 0.32 | 1.69 |
| Blood transfusion | 21.22 | 24.35 | 22.79 | 0.15 | 3.01 | ||
| Electrocardiography | 41.59 | 35.00 | 38.29 | <0.001 | 20.34 | ||
| Anorectal exam | 34.50 | 37.29 | 35.89 | 0.11 | 3.73 | ||
| CPX | 64.72 | 61.73 | 62.28 | 62.64 | 62.91 | 0.00 | 3.78 |
| OSCE | 37.55 | 36.55 | 37.86 | 38.32 | 37.47 | 0.06 | 2.12 |
| Total | 68.18 | 65.51 | 66.76 | 67.31 | 66.92 | 0.01 | 3.24 |
| 2013 | |||||||
| Insomnia | 66.64 | 63.89 | 68.17 | 70.01 | 67.18 | 0.07 | 5.10 |
| Dysuria | 63.63 | 55.96 | 56.61 | 53.78 | 57.49 | <0.001 | 13.10 |
| Developmental delay | 66.02 | 67.44 | 66.75 | 69.20 | 67.35 | 0.55 | 1.50 |
| Joint pain | 65.30 | 63.98 | 72.98 | 66.03 | 67.07 | <0.001 | 17.90 |
| Chest pain | 62.87 | 68.25 | 69.44 | 58.77 | 64.83 | <0.001 | 16.70 |
| Hematemesis | 72.86 | 67.20 | 74.07 | 71.59 | 71.43 | <0.001 | 8.40 |
| Bleeding tendency | 73.69 | 69.83 | 71.92 | 70.59 | 71.51 | 0.13 | 2.00 |
| Antepartum care | 52.33 | 53.09 | 55.32 | 54.56 | 53.82 | 0.30 | 1.30 |
| Alcohol problems | 70.49 | 67.48 | 61.07 | 66.18 | 66.30 | <0.001 | 14.90 |
| Weakness of limbs | 68.61 | 62.35 | 52.82 | 55.59 | 59.87 | <0.001 | 26.10 |
| Hypertension | 79.23 | 58.17 | 65.47 | 58.15 | 65.31 | <0.001 | 39.90 |
| Dizziness | 50.44 | 54.46 | 56.92 | 58.90 | 55.15 | 0.00 | 9.70 |
| Motor/sensory/reflex exam of limbs | 40.77 | 39.11 | 37.56 | 38.45 | 38.97 | 0.31 | 2.59 |
| Report of patient | 28.38 | 32.00 | 25.81 | 25.43 | 27.90 | 0.01 | 8.53 |
| Lower extremities prehospital splinting | 38.81 | 32.54 | 36.51 | 30.48 | 34.58 | <0.001 | 23.55 |
| Venipuncture for blood culture | 35.98 | 38.30 | 38.35 | 41.79 | 38.60 | <0.001 | 9.53 |
| Otoscopic exam | 31.43 | 29.51 | 31.21 | 31.70 | 30.96 | 0.42 | 1.02 |
| Chest X-ray presentation | 33.03 | 31.23 | 33.87 | 31.79 | 32.48 | 0.07 | 1.71 |
| Intubation | 32.86 | 31.52 | 41.34 | 36.70 | 35.60 | <0.001 | 17.06 |
| Burn dressing | 44.55 | 39.91 | 40.89 | 41.35 | 41.68 | <0.001 | 8.91 |
| Informed consent | 43.70 | 34.75 | 40.84 | 39.64 | 39.73 | <0.001 | 24.72 |
| Lumbar puncture | 41.18 | 38.66 | 39.92 | 36.76 | 39.15 | 0.14 | 4.01 |
| Neck exam | 46.95 | 40.38 | 42.29 | 41.76 | 42.85 | <0.001 | 14.20 |
| Defibrillation | 34.82 | 34.82 | 36.61 | 32.72 | 34.76 | 0.29 | 2.72 |
| CPX | 66.22 | 63.42 | 66.07 | 63.71 | 64.86 | <0.001 | 5.72 |
| OSCE | 37.45 | 34.87 | 36.83 | 35.91 | 36.27 | <0.001 | 5.45 |
| Total | 69.12 | 65.53 | 68.60 | 66.42 | 67.42 | <0.001 | 8.12 |
OSCE items score was based on 50, the other score was based on 100.
K-MMSE: Korean mini-mental state examination, CPX: Clinical performance examination, OSCE: Objective structured clinical examination.
Different Cronbach α
| Across-items within a stationa,b) | Across-items over stations | Across-stations | ||||
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| α | No. of items | α | No. of items | α | No. of stations | |
| CPX | 0.75 | 26 | 0.83 | 150 | 0.47 | 6 |
| Clinical scale | 0.68 | 20 | 0.71 | 116 | 0.41 | 6 |
| History taking | 0.46 | 14 | 0.57 | 80 | 0.28 | 6 |
| Physical examination | 0.75 | 5 | 0.68 | 23 | 0.36 | 6 |
| Patient education | - | 1 | 0.16 | 13 | 0.11 | 6 |
| PPI scale | 0.82 | 6 | 0.85 | 34 | 0.38 | 6 |
| OSCE | 0.75 | 88 | 0.40 | 6 | ||
| Overall | 0.86 | 238 | 0.58 | 12 | ||
Clinical scale was checklist scale, PPI scale was Likert scale.
CPX: Clinical performance examination, PPI: Patient-physician interaction, OSCE: Objective structured clinical examination.
Chest pain case,
Day 1 on 2013.