Reliability and Validity Testing of an Evidence-Based Medicine OSCE Station
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2009
Description
The six competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education include the lifelong learning skills of evidence-based medicine (EBM)/information mastery. We developed and tested an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) station that would measure these skills in family medicine residents. This EBM OSCE station is a 30-minute station within a regular OSCE exam. It uses an 8-point checklist and global measure and has good psychometric properties, including construct validity, interrater reliability (correlation=.96), and internal reliability (Cronbach's=.58). This tool is useful for training programs, since assessing EBM/information mastery is an important part of the evaluation of physician skills.
Citation Information
Tudiver, Fred; Rose, Doug; Banks, Burt; and Pfortmiller, Deborah. 2009. Reliability and Validity Testing of an Evidence-Based Medicine OSCE Station. Family Medicine. Vol.41(2). 89-91. https://fammedarchives.blob.core.windows.net/imagesandpdfs/fmhub/fm2009/February/Fred89.pdf PMID: 19184682 ISSN: 0742-3225