Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 889-893.

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Application of multivariate generalizability theory in the study on the reliability of objective structured clinical examination

  

  • Received:2017-01-12 Revised:2017-03-23 Online:2017-06-05 Published:2017-05-26

Abstract: Objective To evaluate the reliability of objective structured clinical examinationbased on standardized patients in clinical skill test for medical students. Methods To analyze the scores of 8 stations OSCE by applying multivariate generalizability theory. Results Therelative G coefficient of the 8 stations OSCE was 0.886, and the absolute G coefficient was0.883. Conclusions Multivariate generalizability theory is an objectively and scientifically toll to evaluate theOSCE stations, and the analysis results are helpful to improve the practice for future OSCE.

Key words: objective structured clinical examination, generalizability theory, medical education