Examining rater and occasion influences in observational assessments obtained from within the clinical environment.

CONCLUSIONS: Although further research is needed, it is clear that case-specific factors do not explain the low correlation between ratings and that having one or two raters repeatedly rate a student on different occasions/cases is unlikely to yield a reliable mean score. This research suggests that it may be more efficient to have a preceptor rate a student just once. However, when multiple ratings from a single preceptor are available for a student, it is recommended that a mean of the preceptor's ratings be used to calculate the student's overall mean performance score. PMID: 26925540 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medical Education Online - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Educ Online Source Type: research