Surgical Education, Simulation, and Simulators —Updating the Concept of Validity

We describe a contemporary approach to gathering construct validity evidence for the assessment of urologic trainees, for use in both clinical and simulation environments.Recent FindingsFive sources of evidence make up Messick ’s contemporary framework of validity: test content, response process, internal structure, relationship to other variables, and consequences. These are all components of construct validation and concern the accuracy, quality, reproducibility, generalizability, and wider impact of the scores genera ted by an assessment, respectively.SummaryWhen deciding the competency of a trainee, program directors and educators must have a clear understanding of how the validity is established and is determined in each assessment context. The contextual specificity of validity means that stakeholders must be prepared to defend the outcome of an assessment, particularly when making high-stake or summative decisions.
Source: Current Urology Reports - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research