| Literature DB >> 25812691 |
Jung Jin Cho1, Ji Yong Kim2, Hoon Ki Park3, In Hong Hwang4.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Recently, the clinical practice examination (CPX) using standardized patients has been introduced into several specialty certifying examinations in Korea. The purpose of this paper was to determine the correlation of a resident's performance on the CPX with the comprehensive written multiple-choice question (MCQ) examination on the certifying examination for family medicine.Entities:
Keywords: Certification; Clinical competence; Educational measurement; Family medicine
Year: 2011 PMID: 25812691 PMCID: PMC8813512 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2011.23.4.315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Distribution of Domains in the Clinical Practice Examination on the Certifying Examination for Family Medicine in 2009 to 2011
| HX | PE | IS | PPI | GR of SP | GR of Dr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 39.5 | 17.3 | 13.4 | 22.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 37.3 | 6.3 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | 42.5 | 20.8 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Values are presented as percent.
HX: History taking, PE: Physical examination, IS: Information sharing, PPI: Patient and physician interaction, GR: Global rating, SP: Standardized patient, Dr: Preceptor doctor.
Baseline Characteristics of Attendees of the Certifying Examination for Family Medicine in 2009 to 2011
| Characteristics | 2009 (n=308) | 2010 (n=338) | 2011 (n=367) | Total (n=1,013) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 211 (68.5) | 197 (58.3) | 223 (60.8) | 631 (62.3) |
| Female | 97 (31.5) | 14 (41.7) | 144 (39.2) | 382 (37.7) | |
| Age | 34.0±3.2 | 33.9±2.9 | 36.3±3.3 | 34.8±3.3 | |
Values are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation (SD).
Correlation between Written MCQ Scores, Slide MCQ Scores, Total CPX Scores, and the Categorical Scores of the CPX on the Certifying Examination for Family Medicine in 2009
| W-MCQ | S-MCQ | T-CPX | Hx | PE | IS | PPI | GR of DR | GR of SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-MCQ | 1 | ||||||||
| S-MCQ | 0.57 | 1 | |||||||
| T-CPX | 0.32 | 0.16 | 1 | ||||||
| HX | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.73 | 1 | |||||
| PE | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.70 | 0.34 | 1 | ||||
| IS | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.43 | -0.00 | 0.28 | 1 | |||
| PPI | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.76 | 0.39 | 0.96 | 0.31 | 1 | ||
| GR of DR | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.71 | 1 | |
| GR of SP | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.52 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 1 |
W-MCQ: Score of 1st written multiple choice question examination, S-MCQ: Score of 2nd slide multiple choice question examination, CPX: Clinical practice examination, T-CPX: Total score of CPX, HX: History taking, PE: Physical examination IS: Information sharing, PPI: Patient and physician interaction, GR: Global rating, SP: Standardized patient, Dr: Preceptor doctor.
p<0.5 by Pearson’s correlation,
p<0.01 by Pearson’s correlation.
Correlation between Written MCQ Scores, Slide MCQ Scores, Total CPX Scores, and the Categorical Scores of the CPX on the Certifying Examination for Family Medicine in 2010
| W-MCQ | S-MCQ | T-CPX | Hx | PE | IS | PPI | GR of DR | GR of SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-MCQ | 1 | ||||||||
| S-MCQ | 0.46 | 1 | |||||||
| T-CPX | 0.21 | 0.15 | 1 | ||||||
| HX | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.66 | 1 | |||||
| PE | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 1 | ||||
| IS | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 0.13 | -0.02 | 1 | |||
| PPI | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.71 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 1 | ||
| GR of DR | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.77 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.79 | 1 | |
| GR of SP | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.47 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 1 |
W-MCQ: Score of 1st written multiple choice question examination, S-MCQ: Score of 2nd slide multiple choice question examination, CPX: Clinical practice examination, T-CPX: Total score of CPX, HX: History taking, PE: Physical examination, IS: Information sharing, PPI: Patient and physician interaction, GR: Global rating, SP: Standardized patient, Dr: Preceptor doctor.
p<0.5 by Pearson’s correlation,
p<0.01 by Pearson’s correlation.
Correlation between Written MCQ Scores, Slide MCQ Scores, Total CPX Scores, and Categorical Scores of the CPX on the Certifying Examination for Family Medicine in 2011
| W-MCQ | S-MCQ | T-CPX | Hx | PE | IS | PPI | GR of DR | GR of SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-MCQ | 1 | ||||||||
| S-MCQ | 0.59 | 1 | |||||||
| T-CPX | 0.45 | 0.33 | 1 | ||||||
| HX | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.77 | 1 | |||||
| PE | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.44 | 1 | ||||
| IS | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 1 | |||
| PPI | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.79 | 0.50 | 0.81 | 0.34 | 1 | ||
| GR of DR | 0.40 | 0.29 | 0.82 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.39 | 0.88 | 1 | |
| GR of SP | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 0.29 | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 1 |
W-MCQ: Score of 1st written multiple choice question examination, S-MCQ: Score of 2nd slide multiple choice question examination, CPX: Clinical practice examination, T-CPX: Total score of CPX, HX: History taking, PE: Physical examination, IS: Information sharing, PPI: Patient and physician interaction, GR: Global rating, SP: Standardized patient, Dr: Preceptor doctor.
p<0.5 by Pearson’s correlation,
p<0.01 by Pearson’s correlation.