Isabelle N Colmers-Gray1, Keeth Krishnan2, Teresa M Chan3, N Seth Trueger4, Michael Paddock5, Andrew Grock6, Fareen Zaver7, Brent Thoma8. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada. 2. Department of Family Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada. 3. Division of Emergency Medicine Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL. 5. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN. 6. USC and LAC Departments of Emergency Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles CA. 7. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada. 8. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With the rapid proliferation of online medical education resources, quality evaluation is increasingly critical. The Medical Education Translational Resources: Impact and Quality (METRIQ) study evaluated the METRIQ-8 quality assessment instrument for blogs and collected feedback to improve it. METHODS: As part of the larger METRIQ study, participants rated the quality of five blog posts on clinical emergency medicine topics using the eight-item METRIQ-8 score. Next, participants used a 7-point Likert scale and free-text comments to evaluate the METRIQ-8 score on ease of use, clarity of items, and likelihood of recommending it to others. Descriptive statistics were calculated and comments were thematically analyzed to guide the development of a revised METRIQ (rMETRIQ) score. RESULTS: A total of 309 emergency medicine attendings, residents, and medical students completed the survey. The majority of participants felt the METRIQ-8 score was easy to use (mean ± SD = 2.7 ± 1.1 out of 7, with 1 indicating strong agreement) and would recommend it to others (2.7 ± 1.3 out of 7, with 1 indicating strong agreement). The thematic analysis suggested clarifying ambiguous questions, shortening the 7-point scale, specifying scoring anchors for the questions, eliminating the "unsure" option, and grouping-related questions. This analysis guided changes that resulted in the rMETRIQ score. CONCLUSION: Feedback on the METRIQ-8 score contributed to the development of the rMETRIQ score, which has improved clarity and usability. Further validity evidence on the rMETRIQ score is required.
BACKGROUND: With the rapid proliferation of online medical education resources, quality evaluation is increasingly critical. The Medical Education Translational Resources: Impact and Quality (METRIQ) study evaluated the METRIQ-8 quality assessment instrument for blogs and collected feedback to improve it. METHODS: As part of the larger METRIQ study, participants rated the quality of five blog posts on clinical emergency medicine topics using the eight-item METRIQ-8 score. Next, participants used a 7-point Likert scale and free-text comments to evaluate the METRIQ-8 score on ease of use, clarity of items, and likelihood of recommending it to others. Descriptive statistics were calculated and comments were thematically analyzed to guide the development of a revised METRIQ (rMETRIQ) score. RESULTS: A total of 309 emergency medicine attendings, residents, and medical students completed the survey. The majority of participants felt the METRIQ-8 score was easy to use (mean ± SD = 2.7 ± 1.1 out of 7, with 1 indicating strong agreement) and would recommend it to others (2.7 ± 1.3 out of 7, with 1 indicating strong agreement). The thematic analysis suggested clarifying ambiguous questions, shortening the 7-point scale, specifying scoring anchors for the questions, eliminating the "unsure" option, and grouping-related questions. This analysis guided changes that resulted in the rMETRIQ score. CONCLUSION: Feedback on the METRIQ-8 score contributed to the development of the rMETRIQ score, which has improved clarity and usability. Further validity evidence on the rMETRIQ score is required.
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Authors: Andrew Grock; Jaime Jordan; Fareen Zaver; Isabelle N Colmers-Gray; Keeth Krishnan; Teresa Chan; Brent Thoma; Charlotte Alexander; Mohammed Alkhalifah; Abdulaziz S Almehlisi; Saeed Alqahtani; Scott Anderson; Shelaina Anderson; Colin Andrews; Jocelyn Andruko; Nikytha Antony; Diptesh Aryal; Barbra Backus; Jennifer Baird; Andrew Baker; Sarah Batty; Jared Baylis; Braeden Beaumont; Chris Belcher; Brent Benavides; Michael Benham; Julian Botta; Elyse Berger Pelletier; Nicholas Bouchard; Victoria Brazil; Emily Brumfield; Anthony Bryson; Wisarut Bunchit; Kat Butler; Lindy Buzikievich; David Calcara; Rob Carey; Maria Rosa Carrillo; Stephen Carroll; Casey Lyons; Louise Cassidy; Kirsty Challen; Kathryn Chan; Tim Chaplin; Natasha Chatham-Zvelebil; Eric Chen; Lucy Chen; Sushant Chhabra; Alvin Chin; Eric Chochi; Tina Choudhri; Jeremy Christensen; Kimberly Connors; Veronica Coppersmith; Abby Cosgrove; Gregory Costello; Kevin Cullison; Andrew D'Alessandro; Kerstin Wit; Marie Decock; Rayan Delbani; William Denq; Julianna Deutscher; Brendan Devine; Maia Dorsett; Taylor Duda; Justin Dueweke; Teresa Dunphy; Sean Dyer; Karthryn T Eastley; Marcia Edmonds; Ken Edwards; Robert Ehrman; Youness Elkhalidy; Preston Fedor; Brian Ficiur; Caley Flynn; Bill Fraser; Meagan Fu; James Fukakusa; Eric Funk; Damjan Gaco; Viktor Gawlik; Kenn Ghaffarian; Laleh Gharahbaghian; Andrew Griffith; Phil Griffith; Tanner Gronowski; Cathy Grossman; Jaroslaw Gucwa; Pawan Gupta; Alexandra Gustafson; Andrew Guy; Mary Haas; Stanislaw Haciski; Emina Hajdinjak; Andrew K Hall; Regina Hammock; Jan Hansel; Alexander Hart; Larissa Hattin; Brandon Herb; SueLin Hilbert; Jeff Hill; Jesse Hill; Amy Ho; Emily House; Nina House; Simon York Ming Huang; James Huffman; Charlie Inboriboon; Alex Ireland; Ali Jamal; Mohammad Ali Jamil; Victor Jansen; Zach Jarou; Vivian Jia; Levi Johnston; Drew Kalnow; Puneet Kapur; Seth Kelly; Kyle Kelson; William Kent; Rishi Khakhkhar; Jaasmit Khurana; Ashley Kilp; Scott Knapp; Sebastian Kohler; Ivanna Kruhlak; Nadim Lalani; Samantha Lam; Patrick Lank; Zander Laurie; Kristina Lea; Ernest Leber; Ching-Hsing Lee; Haakon Lenes; Nilantha Lenora; Jesse Leontowicz; Kelly Lien; Michelle Lin; Yingchun Lin; Andrew Little; Harry Liu; Ivy Liu; Steve Liu; Stephanie Louka; Elise Lovell; David Lowe; Ashley Lubberdink; Jessica Luc; Sheng-Hsiang Ma; Hugh MacLeod; Nick Mancuso; Anali Maneshi; Jesse May; John Mayo; Mike McDonnell; Susan McLellan; Carolyn McQuarrie; Therese Mead; Cory Meeuwisse; Patrick Meloy; Perry Menzies; Anne Messman; Stephen Miazga; Logan Mills; Allan Mix; Steve Montag; Brendan Moore; Justin Morgenstern; Sarah Mott; P Mukherj; Ali Mulla; Sheena Nandalal; Taylor Nikel; Julia Nood; Sean Nugent; Morgan Oakland; Werner Oberholzer; Onyeka Otugo; Taofiq Segun Oyedokun; Alim Pardhan; Kinjal Patel; Quinten Paterson; Catherine Patocka; Christine Patterson; James Pearlman; Alexis Pelletier-Bui; Marc Phan; Zafrina Poonja; Aubrey Powell; Kamini Premkumar; Gregor Prosen; Vishal Puri; Tanis Quaife; Ryan Raffel; Ali Raja; Randi Ramunno; Louise Rang; Suzanne Rannazzisi; Shauna Regan; Salim R Rezaie; Milan Ridderikhof; Vanessa Rogers; Christine Roh; Keith Rosenberg; Marina Roure; Sherri Rudinsky; Joshua Rudner; Adeeb Saleh; Will Sanderson; Owen Scheirer; Paul Schofield; Paul Schunk; Evan Schwarz; Parisa Shahrabadi; Eric Shappell; Julia Sheffield; Manpreet Singh; Hector C Singson; Dave Slessor; Sam Smith; Paula Sneath; Robert Sobehart; Kerry Spearing; James Stempien; Britni Sternard; Tara Stratton; Katherine Stuart; Bob Stuntz; Michael Susalla; Colleen Sweeney; Loice Swisher; Henry Swoboda; Shahbaz Syed; Taku Taira; Nikhil Tambe; Richard Tang; Elisha Targonsky; Alan Taylor; Rachel Taylor; Todd Taylor; Paxton Ting; Gerhard Tiwald; Evelyn Tran; Kelvin Tran; Jason Trickovic; Paul Trinquero; Aaron Tyagi; Manrique Umana; Patrick Vallance; Patricia Van den Berg; Kelly van Diepen; Luis Vargas; Rene Verbeek; Sandra Viggers; Zlata Vlodaver; Matthew Wagner; Noorin Walji; Joe Walter; Miranda Wan; Rachel Wang; Gregory Wanner; Wyatt Warawa; Mike Ward; Jennifer Weekes; Kristen Weersink; Cara Weessies; Anna Whalen-Browne; Brian Whiteside; Matthew Willis; Jonas Wilmer; Nelson Wong; Mark Woodcroft; Rob Woods; Lawrence Yau; Jessica Yee; Calvin Yeh; Katherine Yurkiw; Fareen Zaver; Alexander Zozula Journal: AEM Educ Train Date: 2021-05-16
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