| Literature DB >> 26657549 |
Kye-Yeung Park, Hoon-Ki Park, Jong-Hoon Kim, Hwan-Sik Hwang.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Clinical performance examination (CPX) has been used to assess clinical competence as one step of medical license examination. Initial CPX score of the fourth year medical student is important since it indicates how to prepare successfully for the final examination. This study was conducted to assess the predictors of CPX scores of the fourth year medical students who completed core clinical clerkship.Entities:
Keywords: Clinical clerkship; Clinical competence; Correlation; Physician-patient relations
Mesh:
Year: 2015 PMID: 26657549 PMCID: PMC8814513 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2015.27.4.275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Baseline Characteristics of Study Subjects (N=111)
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Age (range) (yr) | 26.1±2.5 (23.0–33.9) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 69 (62.2) |
| Female | 42 (37.8) |
| School type | |
| Medical college | 55 (49.6) |
| Medical school | 56 (50.4) |
Data are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).
Comparison of Fourth Year Clinical Performance Examination Score according to Sex and School Type
| No. | Mean | SD | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School type | ||||
| Medical college | 55 | 60.89 | 6.64 | 0.01 |
| Medical school | 56 | 63.64 | 5.34 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 69 | 60.30 | 6.07 | <0.001 |
| Female | 42 | 65.53 | 4.80 |
SD: Standard deviation.
Correlation between Written Test Score and Fourth Year Clinical Performance Examination Score
| GPA-1 | GPA-2 | GPA-3 | MCQ-3 | CPX-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPA-1 | 1.00 | ||||
| GPA-2 | 0.92[ | 1.00 | |||
| GPA-3 | 0.78[ | 0.85[ | 1.00 | ||
| MCQ-3 | 0.79[ | 0.80[ | 0.78[ | 1.00 | |
| CPX-4 | 0.31[ | 0.39[ | 0.50[ | 0.29[ | 1.00 |
Data are partial correlation coefficients that were adjusted for sex and school type.
GPA-1: Grade point average of first year, GPA-2: Grade point average of second year, GPA-3: Grade point average of third year, MCQ-3: Score of written multiple choice question examination of third year, CPX-4: Clinical performance examination of fourth year.
p<0.05.
Correlation between Behavioral Test Score and Clinical Performance Examination Scores of Third and Fourth Year
| PPI-1 | PPI-2 | OSCE-3 | CPX-3 | CPX-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPI-1 | 1.00 | ||||
| PPI-2 | 0.09 | 1.00 | |||
| OSCE-3 | 0.04 | 0.23[ | 1.00 | ||
| CPX-3 | 0.02 | 0.19[ | 0.45[ | 1.00 | |
| CPX-4 | -0.06 | 0.27[ | 0.49[ | 0.69[ | 1.00 |
Data are partial correlation coefficients that were adjusted for sex and school type.
PPI-1: Patient and physician interaction score of first year, PPI-2: Patient and physician interaction score of second year, OSCE-3: Objective structured clinical examination score of third year, CPX-3: Clinical performance examination of third year, CPX-4: Clinical performance examination of fourth year.
p<0.01 by Pearson’s correlation.
Factors Related with Fourth Year Clinical Performance Examination Score by Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
| Independent variable | Unstandardized coefficient | Standardized coefficient | 95% CI | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE |
| |||
| (Intercept) | 10.38 | 5.68 | |||
| GPA-1 | 0.05 | 0.96 | 0.01 | -1.85–1.94 | 0.95 |
| GPA-2 | -0.25 | 1.72 | -0.03 | -3.67–3.15 | 0.88 |
| GPA-3 | 1.72 | 2.16 | 0.13 | -2.56–5.99 | 0.42 |
| PPI-2 | 0.77 | 0.43 | 0.12 | -0.08–1.62 | 0.07 |
| MCQ-3 | -0.04 | 0.09 | -0.04 | -0.21–0.14 | 0.69 |
| CPX-3 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 0.54 | 0.39–0.80 | <0.001 |
| OSCE-3 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.01–0.27 | 0.04 |
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| R²=0.61(Δ²=0.57) | |||||
Regression coefficients (β) were calculated by multiple linear regressions analysis, adjusted for GPA-1, GPA-2, GPA-3, PPI-2, MCQ-3, CPX-3, and OSCE-3.
CI: Confidence interval, GPA-1: Grade point average of first year, GPA-2: Grade point average of second year, GPA-3: Grade point average of third year, PPI-2: Patient and physician interaction score of second year, MCQ-3: Score of written multiple choice question examination of third year, CPX-3: Clinical performance examination of third year, OSCE-3: Objective structured clinical examination score of third year.
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Becoming a Subject for Feedback Due to Low Clinical Performance Examination Scores
| Variable | Unadjusted OR | p-value | 95% CI | Adjusted OR | p-value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School type | 3.16 | 0.015 | 1.24–8.04 | 1.08 | 0.89 | 0.33–3.55 |
| PPI-2 | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.20–0.59 | 0.43 | 0.009 | 0.23–0.81 |
| CPX-3 | 0.67 | <0.001 | 0.57–0.80 | 0.79 | 0.001 | 0.69–0.90 |
OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval, School type: College vs. school, PPI-2: Patient and physician interaction score of second year, CPX-3: Clinical performance examination of third year.
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Becoming a Subject for Feedback Due to Low Patient and Physician Interaction Score
| Variable | Unadjusted OR | p-value | 95% CI | Adjusted OR | p-value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1.72 | 0.34 | 0.57–5.22 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.01–0.96 |
| Age | 0.90 | 0.36 | 0.72–1.13 | 2.24 | 0.02 | 1.14–4.39 |
| School type | 11.08 | <0.01 | 2.40–50.98 | 80.98 | 0.04 | 1.23–5315.04 |
| PPI-1 | 0.95 | 0.18 | 0.89–1.02 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.64–0.96 |
| PPI-2 | 0.80 | <0.01 | 0.72–0.89 | 0.83 | 0.04 | 0.70–0.99 |
| PPI-3 | 0.63 | <0.01 | 0.51–0.77 | 0.55 | <0.01 | 0.37–0.81 |
OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval, School type: College vs. school, PPI-2: Patient and physician interaction score of second year, CPX-3: Clinical performance examination of third year.