Student Technical Skill Compared to Clinical Decisionmaking and Interpersonal Skills

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Student Technical Skill Compared to Clinical
Decision-making and Interpersonal Skills
Ottawa Conference July 2004 L.C. Hvidsten, J.R.
Hulbert, W.L. Moe, M.E. Berg Northwestern Health
Sciences University
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STUDENT DEVELOPMENTALASSESSMENT
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DEVELOPMENTALASSESSMENT GOAL

• Establish a baseline of the students level of
  competency
• Identify specific learning objectives for each
  student
• Verify a minimum level of competency of a student
  prior to treating patients in a a public clinic

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THEORY

• Information Gathering
• Clinical Decision-making
• Interpersonal Skills

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COMPETENCY VARIABLES
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QUESTION 1

• To what degree are the ratings for information
  gathering, clinical decision-making, and
  interpersonal skills reliable?

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QUESTION 2

• Does our theory of three subscales have substance
  empirically?

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QUESTION 3

• Are the subscales associated?

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH

• Year 2000 data on 210 students
• Data collection instrument as a whole was
  moderately reliable
• Data collection instrument could be used to
  predict a students performance on the future
  practical licensing examination

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YEAR 2001 DATA

• 155 interns
• 35 faculty examiners

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RELIABILITYn 155
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FACTOR ANALYSIS
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SUBSCALECORRELATIONS
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DISCUSSION
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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
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CONTACT

• Lynne C. Hvidsten, D.C.
• Director, Department of Clinical Education
• Northwestern Health Sciences University
• 2501 West 84th Street
• Minneapolis, MN USA 55431-1599
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail lhvidsten_at_nwhealth.edu
• Presentation can be viewed at
• http//www.nwhealth.edu/clinicaled