Reliability of Operative Skill Evaluations

Reliability of Operative Skill Evaluations: How Late Is Too Late to Give Feedback?

Logic and reliability of evaluations of competence to stand trial.

Because the trier of fact determines the weight to be assigned to an examiner's opinion by assessing the strength and persuasiveness of his or her analysis of the data, it is essential that forensic reports communicate the examiner's reasoning process. This study analyzes community examiners' reports on competence to stand trial (CST), emphasizing the nature of examiners' (1) expressed conceptu...

Reliability of Examiners' Evaluations of Oral Presentations in Fixed Prosthodontics

This study assessed the inter-examiner variability on student scores when assessing oral presentations in Fixed Prosthodontics course. Oral presentations of fifth-year dental students were randomly selected. Students presented their topic within 15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of detailed personal feedback and group discussion. Three senior faculty members participated in the evaluation sess...

The validity and reliability of attending evaluations of medicine residents

OBJECTIVES To assess the reliability and validity of faculty evaluations of medicine residents. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study (2004-2012) involving 228 internal medicine residency graduates at the Medical College of Wisconsin who were evaluated by 334 attendings. Measures included evaluations of residents by attendings, based on six competencies and interns and residents' perform...

The reliability and validity of a field hockey skill test.

High test retest reliability is essential in tests used for both scientific research and to monitor athletic performance. Thirty-nine (20 male and 19 female) well-trained university field hockey players volunteered to participate in the study. The reliability of the in house designed test was determined by repeating the test (3 - 14 days later) following full familiarisation. The validity was a...