PMID- 20795805
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110106
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1466-187X (Electronic)
IS  - 0142-159X (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 9
DP  - 2010
TI  - Does sharing information before a clinical skills examination impact student 
      performance?
PG  - 747-53
LID - 10.3109/01421591003690338 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Clinical performance examinations (CPX) often must be administered 
      over several sessions to accommodate a large number of students, resulting in the 
      potential for breaches in examination security. AIMS: This study addressed the 
      impact of information sharing by medical students on CPX scores. METHOD: 
      Questionnaires about prior knowledge of diagnosis related to the case 
      (Questionnaire I), and information sharing across the examination (Questionnaire 
      II) were obtained. The students were categorized into two groups: prior knowledge 
      of the diagnosis or information sharing. RESULTS: 54.5% students received some 
      information before the CPX, and 55.9% among them obtained information in the form 
      of printed documents. Many students obtained information about the diagnosis and 
      the information was helpful. There were no statistical differences in the scores 
      between two groups. 25-30 % of the students thought they had prior knowledge of 
      the diagnosis of each case before the CPX. CONCLUSION: More than half of the 
      students obtained some information before taking the CPX regarding the 
      examination content. The impact of information sharing on CPX scores was 
      negligible. My findings support the importance of the application of knowledge 
      and the demonstration of skills that are highlighted in this assessment.
FAU - Kim, Jong Hoon
AU  - Kim JH
AD  - Office of Medical Education, Inha University School of Medicine, Sinhung dong 3 
      Ga, Jung Gu, Incheon, Korea. minasun01@inha.ac.kr
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Med Teach
JT  - Medical teacher
JID - 7909593
SB  - IM
MH  - *Clinical Competence
MH  - Communication
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - Educational Measurement/*standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Information Dissemination
MH  - Problem Solving/ethics
MH  - Republic of Korea
MH  - *Students, Medical
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2010/08/28 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/07 06:00
CRDT- 2010/08/28 06:00
PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/01421591003690338 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Teach. 2010;32(9):747-53. doi: 10.3109/01421591003690338.