Abstract:
BACKGROUND:This study determined the degree to which ward evaluations, the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE), and an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) provide equivalent information about intern performance. METHODS:Twenty-two general surgery interns completed both the ABSITE and a 17-problem, 35-station OSCE. Faculty members completed several 12-item ward evaluations for each intern. Pearson product-moment correlations were employed to determine the degree of association among the various evaluation measures. RESULTS:The total OSCE score correlated with both the total ABSITE score and the overall ward evaluations, but the latter two measures did not correlate with each other. The ward evaluations identified the performance of 1 of the 22 interns (5%) as deficient, the ABSITE identified 9 (41%) as deficient in knowledge, and the OSCE 8 (36%). CONCLUSIONS:In the future, performance-based testing methods such as the OSCE should become more important as an evaluative parameter in assessing the clinical performance of postgraduate surgical trainees.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Schwartz RW,Donnelly MB,Sloan DA,Johnson SB,Strodel WEdoi
10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80187-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-04-01 00:00:00pages
414-7issue
4eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002961099801871journal_volume
169pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-12-08 00:00:00
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更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80327-4
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.11.008
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0002-9610(79)90320-9
更新日期:1979-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.05.042
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(85)80089-1
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.08.088
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.016
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00