The use of standardized patients for mock oral board exams in neurology: a pilot study

dc.creator	Kanter Daniel
dc.creator	Szaflarski Jerzy
dc.creator	Woo Daniel
dc.creator	Pascuzzi Robert
dc.creator	Lindsell Christopher
dc.creator	Kleindorfer Dawn
dc.creator	Harris Steven
dc.creator	Kissela Brett
dc.creator	Schneider Alex
dc.creator	Sostok Michael
dc.creator	Broderick Joseph
dc.date	2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:08Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:08Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-6-22
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c819232a2ce64becb3d0c346948b0432
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18231
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mock oral board exams, fashioned after the live patient hour of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology exam, are commonly part of resident assessment during residency training. Exams using real patients selected from clinics or hospitals are not standardized and do not allow comparisons of resident performance across the residency program. We sought to create a standardized patient mock oral board exam that would allow comparison of residents' clinical performance.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Three cases were created and then used for this mock oral boards exercise utilizing trained standardized patients. Residents from the University of Cincinnati and Indiana University participated in the exam. Residents were scored by attending physician examiners who directly observed the encounter with the standardized patient. The standardized patient also assessed each resident. A post-test survey was administered to ascertain participant's satisfaction with the examination process.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Resident scores were grouped within one standard deviation of the mean, with the exception of one resident who was also subjectively felt to "fail" the exam. In exams with two faculty "evaluators", scores were highly correlated. The survey showed satisfaction with the examination process in general.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Standardized patients can be used for mock oral boards in the live patient format. Our initial experience with this examination process was positive. Further testing is needed to determine if this examination format is more reliable and valid than traditional methods of assessing resident competency.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/6/22
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 22 (2006)
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	The use of standardized patients for mock oral board exams in neurology: a pilot study
dc.type	article