[Transcultural validation of the Maastricht Clinical Teaching Questionnaire].

The evaluation of the clinical teacher's performance provides feedback to motivate them to improve their teaching skills. To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Maastricht Clinical Teaching Questionnaire, the International Guide for the Adaptation of the Questionnaires was followed. The validity of content, response process, construct and reliability were investigated.

The practicum script concordance test: an online continuing professional development format to foster reflection on clinical practice.

Introduction: Judgment in the face of uncertainty is an important dimension of expertise and clinical competence. However, it is challenging to conceive continuing professional development (CPD) initiatives aimed at helping physicians enhance their clinical judgment skills in ill-defined situations. We present an online script concordance-based CPD program (the Practicum Script Concordance Test, copyright ©2006 by Practicum Foundation), a tool that can be used to support health professionals in the development of their reflective clinical reasoning ability.

Using Evidence to Improve Evaluation: A Comprehensive Psychometric Assessment of a SP-Based OSCE Licensing Examination.

Background: Bridging the theory of psychometric assessment to an evaluation instrument is a challenging and continuous task. Such a task was completed for the SP-based OSCE licensing examination used in Quebec since 1990. Purpose: To review the comprehensive series of psychometric studies undertaken on the examination based on the theory of psychometric assessment.

A Modified Contrasting Groups Method Used for Setting the Passmark in a Small Scale Standardised Patient Examination.

The 'Simulated Surgery' is an alternative consulting skills component of the Membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners, which is the professional certifying examination for GP registrars (family medicine residents) in the UK. It consists of a 20 station OSCE and is taken by a small cohort of candidates (10--30) who are unable to provide a videotape of their patient interviews for assessment. The passmark for this examination has been set by a modified contrasting groups method, in which all the examiners make pass/fail judgements on all the candidates' performance by reviewing their whole-test grades.