| Observations on some foul papers on medical education. a referee's whistle. | |
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PMID: 7382869 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Faults commonly seen in papers on medical education in general and examination techniques in particular include: (a) Inadequate replication and neglect of the novelty effect on the results of experiments, (b) excessive reliance on internal analysis in assessing examination techniques, without seeking external evidence that the right candidates are being passed, (c) uncritical acceptance of the doctrine of a necessary core of knowledge and of pass levels derived from prior reasoning, (d) assumption that because recall and recognition methods produce different pass levels the one must necessarily be "better" than the other. It is suggested that good examiners look not for specific items of knowledge, but for evidence of a sufficient total quantity combined with sufficient judgment in the choice of what to learn, and that the one common essential attribute of good medical students and good doctors is an exceptionally high non-specific capacity for information processing. |
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Authors:
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B Lennox |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical education Volume: 14 ISSN: 0308-0110 ISO Abbreviation: Med Educ Publication Date: 1980 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1980-08-15 Completed Date: 1980-08-15 Revised Date: 2002-11-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7605655 Medline TA: Med Educ Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 179-83 Citation Subset: IM |
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Education, Medical* Educational Measurement / methods Manuscripts, Medical* Mental Recall Research Design |
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