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임상수행능력시험에 대한 학교수준의 종단연구

A school-level longitudinal study of clinical performance examination scores

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2015;27(2):107-116.
Published online: May 26, 2015

연세대학교 의과대학 의학교육학과

Department of Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding Author: Jang Hee Park (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4163-5729) Department of Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea Tel: +82.2.2228.2507 Fax: +82.2.364.5450 email: janepark2@hanmail.net
• Received: November 17, 2014   • Revised: February 26, 2015   • Accepted: March 24, 2015

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Fig. 1. The Unconditional Model: % of Variance Component of ScoreSTU: Student difference, WN SCH: Within school difference, BW SCH: Between school differences, PX: Physical examination, EDU: Patient education, CC: Clinical courtesy, HT: History taking, TOT: Total score, GE: General evaluation, PPI: Patient-physician interaction.
Fig. 2. The Linear Mean Growth Model(A) 3rd grade. (B) 4th grade.CC: Clinical courtesy, PPI: Patient-physician interaction, HT: History taking, PX: Physical examination, EDU: Patient education.
Fig. 3. The Percent Change of over 50 Score by Year (Physical Examination)(A) All schools. (B) Low achievement schools.
A school-level longitudinal study of clinical performance examination scores
Variable Year
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
No. of schools 3rd grade 10 15 15 15 5
4th grade 1 1 1 4 10 18 17
3rd & 4th 2 2 3 1 1
Total 11 18 18 19 18 18 18
No. of students 3rd grade 770 1,597 1,596 1,320 577 22 24
4th grade 128 415 339 322 1,004 1,479 1,854
Total 898 2,012 1,935 1,642 1,581 1,501 1,878
Grade differences General evaluation ** ** **
History taking ** * ** ** ** **
Physical examination * ** ** ** **
Clinical courtesy ** * ** ** **
Patient education ** * ** ** **
Level Grade name 2005~2008 (3rd grade)
2009~2011 (4th grade)
No. Mean SD Min Max No. Mean SD Min Max
1 SCORE
 TOT 5,283 50 7 1.72 72.6 4,337 50 7 18.67 79.31
 GE 5,283 50 7 10.83 73 4,337 50 7 11.36 81.64
 HT 5,283 50 7 9.8 78.71 4,337 50 7 20.66 72.87
 PX 5,283 50 7 20.92 75.12 4,337 50 7 20.29 74.60
 CC 5,283 50 7 18.19 71.72 4,337 50 7 19.08 72.98
 EDU 4,890 50 7 20.36 69.12 4,139 50 7 19.43 66.17
 PPI 5,283 50 7 4.34 73.62 4,337 50 7 3.70 84.29
Above 50
 TOT_50 5,283 0.51 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.53 0.50 0 1
 GE_50 5,283 0.51 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.48 0.50 0 1
 HT_50 5,283 0.51 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.51 0.50 0 1
 PX_50 5,283 0.48 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.52 0.50 0 1
 CC_50 5,283 0.52 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.52 0.50 0 1
 EDU_50 4,890 0.46 0.5 0 1 4,139 0.51 0.50 0 1
 PPI_50 5,283 0.53 0.5 0 1 4,337 0.51 0.50 0 1
CASE 5,283 7.50 1.7 5 10 4,337 7.51 2.52 1 15

2 % of 50
 TOT_50M 60 0.50 0.22 0.07 0.96 52 0.48 0.21 0 1
 GE_50M 60 0.51 0.12 0.25 0.88 52 0.45 0.18 0 0.91
 HT_50M 60 0.50 0.21 0.07 0.91 52 0.45 0.21 0 1
 PE_50M 60 0.47 0.23 0.02 0.98 52 0.49 0.26 0 1
 CC_50M 60 0.54 0.20 0.16 0.96 52 0.51 0.24 0 1
 EDU_50M 60 0.44 0.19 0.02 0.85 52 0.49 0.20 0 0.92
 PPI_50M 60 0.52 0.12 0.19 0.86 52 0.49 0.20 0 1
TIME 60 1.65 1.05 0 3 52 0.98 0.83 0 2

3 School type 18 0.94 0.80 0 2 18 0.94 0.80 0 2
SCALE 18 1.11 0.90 0 2 18 1.11 0.90 0 2
KMLE 18 93.67 3.03 89.8 99 18 93.67 3.03 89.80 99
Total GE HT PX CC EDU PPI
2005~2008 (3rd grade)
Intercept 44.993** 44.581** 44.978** 45.147** 44.331** 44.676** 44.264**
Level 1 Above 50 9.993** 10.797** 10.271** 9.992** 10.747** 10.732** 10.653**
Case -0.023 -0.165** 0.014 0.020 -0.134* -0.199 0.033
Level 2 % of 50 6.250** 4.492** 5.892** 6.952** 3.806** 1.340 5.309**
Level 3 School type 0.126 -0.106 -0.050 -0.012 0.096 0.279 -0.010
Scale -0.216 0.036 -0.182 -0.030 0.001 0.109 0.109
KMLE 0.043 -0.001 0.007 0.064* 0.054 -0.029 0.048**
Explained (%) Student 55.7 60.5 58.3 56.7 61.1 60.1 59.2
Within school 95.1 85.3 94.6 94.1 83.8 62.8 92.2
Between school 98.8 98.7 99.5 100.0 99.9 93.7 99.9

2009~2011 (4th grade)
Intercept 44.405** 44.832** 44.343** 44.797** 44.952** 45.182** 44.234**
Level 1 Above 50 10.254** 10.616** 10.197** 10.040** 9.665** 10.856** 10.702**
Case -0.055 -0.038 -0.065 0.245 -0.417* -0.114 -0.057
Level 2 % of 50 6.574** 4.286** 6.381** 5.457** 5.348** 0.678 3.203**
Level 3 School type 0.032 -0.153 0.073 -0.127 -0.113 -0.445a) 0.092
Scale -0.163 0.010 -0.059 -0.085 0.065 -0.161 0.077
KMLE 0.000 0.038 0.018 -0.122* 0.044 0.019 -0.045
Explained (%) Student 57.3 59.0 57.1 57.9 53.9 61.0 58.5
Within school 96.6 86.1 98.2 94.4 86.5 69.6 87.7
Between school 99.8 100.0 72.7 95.5 99.5 83.8 99.7
Grade Estimate Total GE HT PX CC EDU PPI
3 Intercept 49.528** 49.915** 49.549** 49.301** 50.175** 49.295** 49.910**
Slope 0.207 0.047 0.187 0.306 0.001 0.322 0.026

4 Intercept 49.106** 49.808** 49.170** 49.722** 49.147** 50.264** 49.764**
Slope 0.131 -0.128 -0.017 0.029 0.593 -0.191 -0.043
Table 1. Annual Differences between 3rd and 4th Grade

p<0.05,

p<0.01.

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics of the Clinical Performance Examination Scores

SD: Standard deviation, SCORES: TOT (total), GE (general evaluation), HT (history taking), PX (physical examination), CC (clinical courtesy), EDU (patient education), PPI (patient-physician interaction), CASE: The number of the case which students were evaluated, Average % of over 50 scores: TOT_50, GE_50, HT_50, PX_50, CC_50, EDU_50, PPI_50, YEAR: 3rd 2005 (0), 2006 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 4th 2009 (0), 2010 (1), 2011 (2), School type: undergraduate (0), undergraduate+graduate (1), graduate (2), SCALE: The mean number of student (examinee) in a school under 50 (0), 50~100 (1), over 100 (2), KMLE: The mean passing % of Korean licensing examination in a school.

Table 3. The Conditional Model: Estimate Results of Predictive Variables

GE: General evaluation, HT: History taking, PX: Physical examination, CC: Clinical courtesy, EDU: Patient education, PPI: Patient-physician interaction, Above 50: Whether or not belong to the over 50 score, Case: The number of cases which student performed, School type: Medical college, graduate medical school, and co-education, Scale: The number of students, KMLE: Passing rate of licensing examination, Explained: explained % of variance. The variance of(unconditional model-conditional model)unconditional model

p<0.05,

p<0.01,

p=0.053.

Table 4. The Estimate Results of Intercept and Slope

GE: General evaluation, HT: History taking, PX: Physical examination, CC: Clinical courtesy, EDU: Patient education, PPI: Patient-physician interaction.

*p<0.05,

p<0.01.