Validation of a competence-based assessment of medical students’ performance in the physician’s role

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Table 3 Comparisons of confidence of judgement

Facets of Competences		Supervisors				Nurses
Facets of Competences	t	M ± SD	p^a	d_Cohen	N	M ± SD	p^a	d_Cohen	N
Responsibility	1	3.47 ± 0.79	.605	.086	55	4.23 ± 0.76	.121	.254	66
Responsibility	2	3.56 ± 1.19	.605	.086	84	4.42 ± 0.74	.121	.254	86
Teamwork and collegiality	1	3.04 ± 1.21	.001	.604	57	4.25 ± 0.75	.799	.043	65
Teamwork and collegiality	2	3.73 ± 1.09	.001	.604	78	4.22 ± 0.64	.799	.043	83
Knowing and maintaining own personal bounds and possibilities	1	3.64 ± 0.90	.019	.389	67	3.74 ± 1.02	.303	.174	65
	2	3.99 ± 0.90	.019	.389	87	3.91 ± 0.94	.303	.174	69
Structure, work planning and priorities	1	4.04 ± 0.59	.266	.196	67	3.76 ± 0.95	.047	.334	67
Structure, work planning and priorities	2	4.16 ± 0.63	.266	.196	90	4.06 ± 0.85	.047	.334	80
Coping with mistakes	1	2.77 ± 1.25	.034	.400	52	4.16 ± 0.81	.005	.599	43
Coping with mistakes	2	3.31 ± 1.43	.034	.400	61	4.62 ± 0.73	.005	.599	50
Scientifically and empirically grounded method of working	1	2.47 ± 1.03	<.001	1.246	51	4.23 ± 1.11			39
Scientifically and empirically grounded method of working	2	3.90 ± 1.26	<.001	1.246	48	–			–
Verbal communication with colleagues and supervisors	1	4.09 ± 0.67	.634	.082	67	4.31 ± 0.70	.144	.243	67
Verbal communication with colleagues and supervisors	2	4.15 ± 0.78	.634	.082	89	4.14 ± 0.70	.144	.243	83

Note: Based on analysis of t₁ data, we noticed, that nurses had no possibility to assess “Scientifically and empirically grounded method of working” in our simulation. Therefore, this competence was deleted from the scoring sheet in t₂
p^a: Significances for the differences between t₁ and t₂

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