Competency assessment of residents of Intensive Care Medicine through a simulation-based objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE). A multicenter observational study

Improving assessment of procedural skills in health sciences education: a validation study of a rubrics system in neurophysiotherapy

“…Secondly, a more complex research design could have broadened the conclusions and practical implications of this work. A longitudinal study with multiple formative assessments conducted by different evaluators, which is characteristic of competence-based training [20,86,110,111], would have allowed for the assessment and monitor of learning curves for maneuvers. This would have provided a greater volume of validity indicators for the rubrics by empirically determining the progress and performance levels that students would have been achieving until the pre-specified quality standards were met [112].…”

“…students of Medicine, Nursing, Psychology and Physical Therapy) has evidenced rubrics effectiveness in assessing and developing a wide range of competences (e.g. interpersonal communication and collaboration, and clinical case analysis), noting their increased consistency and reliable scoring ability and their positive effects on students' learning outcomes [18,[20][21][22][23]. Different authors also emphasized the rubrics' usefulness in integrating theoretical and practical training in the clinical formative process [24,25].…”

“…However, evidence of the rubrics' validity to facilitate the development of procedural skills in Physical Therapy is scarce, probably because the maneuvers exhibit high heterogeneity and specificity [20]. This is the case of the neuropathology clinical approach, which presents a complex learning challenge for students [27], as indicated by their feedback [15].…”

“…This is the case of the neuropathology clinical approach, which presents a complex learning challenge for students [27], as indicated by their feedback [15]. Thus, based on numerous pieces of evidence demonstrating the usefulness of rubrics in health sciences [18,[20][21][22], and addressing the complexity of dealing with large groups and the limited time available in class, the faculty of the neurophysiotherapy course of the Physical Therapy degree at the University of Valencia developed a set of rubrics to facilitate learning and evaluate the execution level of the maneuvers worked on in the course. Rubric development is a more time-consuming and complex process than other evaluation tools, but the benefits make rubrics a valuable addition to any course.…”