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16729244

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
While Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) have become widely used to assess clinical competence at the end of undergraduate medical courses, the method of setting the passing score varies greatly, and there is no agreed best methodology. While there is an assumption that the passing standard at graduation is the same at all medical schools, there is very little quantitative evidence in the field. In the United Kingdom, there is no national licensing examination; each medical school sets its own graduating assessment and successful completion by candidates leads to the licensed right to practice by the General Medical Council. Academics at five UK medical school were asked to set passing scores for six OSCE stations using the Angoff method, following a briefing session on this technique. The results were collated and analysed. The passing scores set for the each of the stations varied widely across the five medical schools. The implication for individual students at the different medical schools is that a student with the same level of competency may pass at one medical school but would fail at another even when the test is identical. Postulated reasons for this difference include different conceptions of the minimal level of competence acceptable for graduating students and the possible unsuitability of the Angoff method for performance based clinical tests.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1382-4996
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Standard setting for clinical competence at graduation from medical school: a comparison of passing scores across five medical schools.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Medical Education, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Robin Brook Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, EC1A 7BE, London, UK. K.A.M.Boursicot@qmul.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't