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To investigate the reliability and measurement characteristics of clinical evaluation forms (CEFs) for grading in clerkships.

A generalizability study of a new standardized rating form used to evaluate studentsʼ clinical clerkship performances

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Randomized trial examines grading reliability in clerkship evaluations, suggesting multiple raters improve accuracy.

To investigate the reliability and measurement characteristics of clinical evaluation forms (CEFs) for grading in clerkships.
Reviewed 5,168 CEFs for 175 students across eight clerkships.
Conducted a generalizability study to analyze variance components in three clerkships.
Calculated generalizability coefficients for different numbers of raters and CEF items.
Found large variance components due to rater and rating context.
Observed that using three or more raters led to acceptable generalizability coefficients and standard errors of measurement.
Increased number of CEF items did not significantly affect outcomes.

Kreiter et al. (1998) studied this question.

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