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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-8-17
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A review of the literature on the assessment of medical problem-solving by means of written tests reveals serious short-comings. Most important is the low correlation repeatedly found among cases, which suggests the inability of the measures to assess a general problem-solving ability. The literature further suggests that instruments should focus on the brief period of time after the first encounter of a clinical problem and warns against the effects of cueing. Based on these considerations a new measure for the assessment of medical problem-solving was developed. This test, called Simulation of Initial Medical Problem-Solving (SIMP), consists of a number of short case histories, followed by an open-ended question. Reliability analysed by means of generalizability theory proved satisfactory and concurrent validity was established by a significant correlation with a global judgement of performance in a simulated patient encounter. The moderate correlation between cases is interpreted as an acceptable correlation among test items and leads to the conclusion that a reliable and valid test of clinical problem-solving should consist of a substantial number of different cases.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0308-0110
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
21
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
213-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Validation of a new measure of clinical problem-solving.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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