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Peer reviewedNorcini, 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
Peer reviewedDay, Susan C.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
This study attempted to establish the validity of an essay test of clinical judgment by defining the domain of clinical judgment and operationalizing this definition in a 12-item essay examination administered to 98 residents in internal medicine. The relationship between essay scores and other measures of competence was then examined and the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Decision Making
Peer reviewedRogers, Laura Q.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A questionnaire was administered to 339 graduating senior medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to determine different potential sources of influence on career choice. Indebtedness may be associated with the choice of a non-primary care specialty with greater remuneration than primary care specialty. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making
