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Norcini, John J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
This study compared the analytic scores on an essay test of clinical judgment generated by nonphysician readers with those of physician readers. Generalizability theory was applied to determine the number of essays and scorers required to reach specified levels of reproducibility. Results suggested that with training nonphysicians could…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making, Essay Tests, Higher Education

Norcini, John J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the effectiveness of medical resident training programs during 1983-88 by evaluating students' certification scores and comparing them to the program's evaluation of students' clinical competence. Results are reported and analyzed for top-rated, university-affiliated, and non-university-affiliated programs, focusing on trends over…
Descriptors: Competence, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, Internal Medicine