Can Trait Anxiety, Grades, And Test-scores Measured Prior To Medical-school Matriculation Predict Clerkship Performance
academic-performance; Education & Educational Research; Health Care Sciences & Services; personality; stress; students
Jones B J
Academic Medicine
1991
1991-09
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199109000-00029" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1097/00001888-199109000-00029</a>
Educational Testing Validity And Reliability In Pharmacy And Medical Education Literature
academic-performance; education; Education & Educational Research; educational testing; medical; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; pharmacy education; validity evidence
Objectives. To evaluate and compare the reliability and validity of educational testing reported in pharmacy education journals to medical education literature. Methods. Descriptions of validity evidence sources (content, construct, criterion, and reliability) were extracted from articles that reported educational testing of learners' knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. Using educational testing, the findings of 108 pharmacy education articles were compared to the findings of 198 medical education articles. Results. For pharmacy educational testing, 14 articles (13%) reported more than 1 validity evidence source while 83 articles (77%) reported 1 validity evidence source and 11 articles (10%) did not have evidence. Among validity evidence sources, content validity was reported most frequently. Compared with pharmacy education literature, more medical education articles reported both validity and reliability (59%; p<0.001). Conclusion. While there were more scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) articles in pharmacy education compared to medical education, validity, and reliability reporting were limited in the pharmacy education literature.
Hoover M J; Jung R; Jacobs D M; Peeters M J
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
2013
2013
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe7710213" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.5688/ajpe7710213</a>
Assessing medical students' personalities: A parallel comparison of normed and perception-based metrics
self-assessment; Psychology; physicians; specialty choice; academic-performance; profiles
Various methodologies have been applied in the study of physicians' and medical students' personalities. Little, however, has been reported oil distinguishing medical students' self-perceptions from their objectively measured personality traits. 687 first-year medical students at three U.S. medical schools were administered the 16PF and a parallel, author-generated, self-rating form. Paired sample t tests yielded significant differences between students' perceived personality traits vs normed measures of these traits on 14 of 16 personality factor dimensions. Students self-attributed greater magnitudes of socially acceptable traits than their objective scores indicated, as well as less domineering, suspicious. and self-doubting. Implications for admissions and career counseling are discussed.
Meit S S; Borges N J; Cubic B A; Yasek V
Psychological Reports
2005
2005-06
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
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