An Approach to Address Grade Inflation in a Psychiatry Clerkship

Roman, Brenda; Trevino, Justin J.

doi:10.1176/appi.ap.30.2.110

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“…Sixth, the professionalism scores are fairly high, indicating a possible ceiling effect in scores. However, we note that score inflation is well-documented among performance assessments in medicine 34,35 and is not unique to our study. Despite this concern, there was adequate variation in professionalism scores to demonstrate meaningful differences between groups.…”

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Behaviors of Highly Professional Resident Physicians

Reed

West

Mueller

et al. 2008

JAMA

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Behaviors of Highly Professional Resident Physicians

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JAMA

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“…However, a small class can also result in grade inflation since the given grade is not only based on the performance during the test but also the individual's effort to perform the task (Walsh & Seldomridge, 2005;Roman & Trevino, 2006). Giving a low grade is considered as a burden for most teachers because it means that they need to pay more attention to the students with low grade in order to achieve a better grade (Scanlan & Care, 2004).…”

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Grade Inflation In Clinical Stage

Susmarini

Hayati

2011

AJHS

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Grade inflation is a condition when there is an increase of grade point average without the same increase in students’ ability. Grade inflation also occurs in nursing education that needs to be solved since its existence is threatening nursing professionalism. The case shows that the average grade for subjects in clinical stage is close to the maximum point, while the average grade in academic stage is in normal distribution. In this qualtitative research, six clinical facilitators from six different nursing programs were included. The participants were asked regarding the presence of grade inlfation in their institutions. Further, the gap between grade in academic and clinical stages were questioned the factor(s) that make the different, how real the given grade reflect students’ ability, the impact of it to the students and all related elements, and the action to solve this problem. The factors which cause grade inflation in universities especially in nursing are related to the whole aspect of learning and teaching. They are including the institution or nursing program, the faculty, the students and the grading system. The implication of grade inflation among nursing students can be both short and long term such as student’s disatisfaction and their career once they graduated. The process of measuring students’ clinical performance can be made such as evaluation method, number of clinical facilitator, the ability to use evaluation instrument, and the grading system.

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“…Current methods of assessing student clinical proficiency during the Neurological Clerkship include the Bedside Examination Evaluation where a preceptor evaluates based on history-taking and physical examination skills [2]. There are many issues associated with this current method of evaluation found in Neurology clerkship and other clerkships including the subjectivity of evaluators [3][4][5][6].…”

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User Response to the Simulation of a Virtual Patient with Cranial Nerve Injury

Lin

Laserna

Lind

et al. 2012

BAMS

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Technology has rarely attempted to simulate a CN exam. NERVE simulates a life-size virtual patient (VP), using speech recognition with a Nintendo Wiimote® serving as a virtual hand, ophthalmoscope, and eye-chart. This study assesses the introductory reception, ability to identify the CN lesion, and students' preference of NERVE. Our goal is to evaluate the responses from medical students, residents, and clinicians using the Neurological Examination Rehearsal Virtual Environment (NERVE), a cranial nerve (CN) exam simulator. Medical College of Georgia participants from a variety of medical specialties, including 9 clinicians, 7 residents, and 8 MS3 and 4s, 20 MS 2s, and 25 MS 1s performed a CN examination on a VP. There were no statistically significant differences in measures related to the actual performance of the exam, the controller, overall benefit of the experience, use of technology or satisfaction with the technology. Even with technical limitations, overall medical student's reported NERVE having educational value. Residents had the lowest rate of correct CN identification, indicating they could be the group that most benefits from repeat exposure to CN exams. Medical students and clinicians were the best groups at identifying the correct deficit for our simulation. The next step is to assess NERVE's capability to teach students and residents the cranial nerve exam.

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An Approach to Address Grade Inflation in a Psychiatry Clerkship

Cited by 28 publications

References 17 publications

Behaviors of Highly Professional Resident Physicians

Behaviors of Highly Professional Resident Physicians

Grade Inflation In Clinical Stage

User Response to the Simulation of a Virtual Patient with Cranial Nerve Injury

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