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Table 3 Internal consistency of the clerkship students´ and supervisors´ ratings on 12 end-of-training EPAs. Scale reliabilities are calculated by McDonald’s omega. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of subscales

From: Introducing an assessment tool based on a full set of end-of-training EPAs to capture the workplace performance of final-year medical students

 

Students

Supervisors

I can

I did

The student can

1.

Along the clinical encounter

   

1.1.

Take a medical history, perform a physical examination and provide a structured summary of the results (6)Take a medical history, perform a physical examination and provide a structured summary of the results (6)

0.774

0.789

0.800

1.2.

Compile a diagnostic plan and initiate implementation (5)

0.802

0.745

0.825

1.3.

Interpret test results and initiate further steps (6)

0.780

0.846

0.841

1.4.

Compile a treatment plan and initiate implementation (5)

0.854

0.837

0.850

2.

Perform general procedures of a physician

   
 

Procedures (13)

0.725

0.728

0.912

3.

Communication with patients

   

3.1.

Seek consent for medical procedures and diagnostics (2)

0.190

0.147

0.605

3.2.

Inform and advise a patient (6)

0.771

0.834

0.941

4.

Communication with colleagues

   

4.1.

Present a patient history (2)

0.811

0.793

0.920

4.2.

Give or receive a patient handover (2)

0.780

0.848

0.930

4.3.

Compile and distribute a patient report (3)

0.598

0.741

0.892

5.

Further professional activities of a physician

   

5.1.

Recognize an emergency situation and act upon it (13)

0.937

0.936

0.977

5.2.

Undertake an evidence-based patient case presentation and initiate patient-specific implementation (5)

0.865

0.854

0.905