Constructing a question bank based on script concordance approach as a novel assessment methodology in surgical education

dc.creator	Aldekhayel Salah A
dc.creator	ALselaim Nahar A
dc.creator	Magzoub Mohi
dc.creator	AL-Qattan Mohammad M
dc.creator	Al-Namlah Abdullah M
dc.creator	Tamim Hani
dc.creator	Al-Khayal Abdullah
dc.creator	Al-Habdan Sultan I
dc.creator	Zamakhshary Mohammed F
dc.date	2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:35:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:35:22Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-12-100
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aa1bd59ed67e4368804f30a4c5858012
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22883
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Script Concordance Test (SCT) is a new assessment tool that reliably assesses clinical reasoning skills. Previous descriptions of developing SCT-question banks were merely subjective. This study addresses two gaps in the literature: 1) conducting the first phase of a multistep validation process of SCT in Plastic Surgery, and 2) providing an objective methodology to construct a question bank based on SCT.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>After developing a test blueprint, 52 test items were written. Five validation questions were developed and a validation survey was established online. Seven reviewers were asked to answer this survey. They were recruited from two countries, Saudi Arabia and Canada, to improve the test’s external validity. Their ratings were transformed into percentages. Analysis was performed to compare reviewers’ ratings by looking at correlations, ranges, means, medians, and overall scores.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Scores of reviewers’ ratings were between 76% and 95% (mean 86% ± 5). We found poor correlations between reviewers (Pearson’s: +0.38 to −0.22). Ratings of individual validation questions ranged between 0 and 4 (on a scale 1–5). Means and medians of these ranges were computed for each test item (mean: 0.8 to 2.4; median: 1 to 3). A subset of test items comprising 27 items was generated based on a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This study proposes an objective methodology for validation of SCT-question bank. Analysis of validation survey is done from all angles, i.e., reviewers, validation questions, and test items. Finally, a subset of test items is generated based on a set of criteria.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 100 (2012)
dc.subject	Plastic surgery
dc.subject	Script concordance approach
dc.subject	Question bank
dc.subject	Surgical education
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
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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
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	Constructing a question bank based on script concordance approach as a novel assessment methodology in surgical education
dc.type	article