Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment

In a clinical skills assessment, the decision to pass or fail an examinee should be based on the test content or on the examinees' performance. The process of deciding a pass score is known as setting a standard of the examination. This requires a properly selected panel of expert judges and a...

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Main Authors: Min Liu, Keh-Min Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-12-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09700324
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spelling doaj-333246283a004eb49881a5b7ef7ddb482020-11-25T00:53:35ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2008-12-01241265666310.1016/S1607-551X(09)70032-4Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills AssessmentMin LiuKeh-Min LiuIn a clinical skills assessment, the decision to pass or fail an examinee should be based on the test content or on the examinees' performance. The process of deciding a pass score is known as setting a standard of the examination. This requires a properly selected panel of expert judges and a suitable standard setting method, which best fits the purpose of the examination. Six standard setting methods that are often used in clinical skills assessment are described to provide an overview of the standard setting process.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09700324clinical skills assessmentstandard setting
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author Min Liu
Keh-Min Liu
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Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
clinical skills assessment
standard setting
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Keh-Min Liu
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title Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
title_short Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
title_full Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
title_fullStr Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Setting Pass Scores for Clinical Skills Assessment
title_sort setting pass scores for clinical skills assessment
publisher Wiley
series Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
issn 1607-551X
publishDate 2008-12-01
description In a clinical skills assessment, the decision to pass or fail an examinee should be based on the test content or on the examinees' performance. The process of deciding a pass score is known as setting a standard of the examination. This requires a properly selected panel of expert judges and a suitable standard setting method, which best fits the purpose of the examination. Six standard setting methods that are often used in clinical skills assessment are described to provide an overview of the standard setting process.
topic clinical skills assessment
standard setting
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09700324
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