A study on the standard setting, validity, and reliability of a standardized patient performance rating scale - student version.

Introduction: The quality of the performances of standardized patients plays a significant role in the effectiveness of clinical skills education. Therefore, providing standardized patients with constant feedback is essential. It is especially important to get students' perspectives immediately following their encounters with standardized patients.

Adaptation of a short and universal learning self-efficacy scale for clinical skills in Turkish.

Background: The performance of a clinical task depends on an individual's skills, knowledge, and beliefs. However, there is no reliable and valid tool for measuring self-efficacy beliefs toward clinical skills in the Turkish language. This research work aims to study the linguistic equivalence, validity, and reliability of a Self-Efficacy Scale for Clinical Skills (L-SES).

Comparison of textbook versus three-dimensional animation versus cadaveric training videos in teaching laparoscopic rectal surgery: a prospective randomized trial.

Aim: The aim of this prospective randomized study was to compare the effectiveness of various educational tools in laparoscopic rectal surgery, including surgical textbooks, animation and cadaveric videos.

Method: Initially, an electronic assessment test assessing knowledge of laparoscopic rectal surgery was created and validated. The test was sent to graduates completing a general surgery residency programme in Turkey, who were then randomized into four groups based on the type of study material.

Assessment preferences of nursing and medical students: A correlational research.

Aim: The study aims to determine nursing and medical students' preferences for assessment in education and factors affecting their preferences for assessment.

Background: It is crucial to design the evaluation and evaluation processes in education to develop desired behaviours in education and to determine whether the intended goals in education have been achieved. In earlier studies on assessment practices affecting student learning and academic achievement, it has been emphasized that students' preferences for assessment and different practices in assessment have a significant effect on their academic performance.

The reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the oxford shoulder instability score.

The aim of this study was to adapt the Oxford Shoulder Instability Score to Turkish culture and test its reliability and validity. This study included 118 patients with shoulder instability. Confirmatory factor analyses, and correlation coefficient between Oxford Shoulder Instability Score and Short Form 36 were calculated in order to test construct validity.