An Event‐based Approach to Measurement: Facilitating Observational Measurement in Highly Variable Clinical Settings

Abstract

Translational research in medical education requires the ability to rigorously measure learner performance in actual clinical settings; however, current measurement systems cannot accommodate the variability inherent in many patient care environments. This is especially problematic in emergency medicine, where patients represent a wide spectrum of severity for a single clinical presentation. Our objective is to describe and implement EBAM, an event‐based approach to measurement that can be applied to actual emergency medicine clinical events.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2019
Source ID
10.1002/aet2.10395

Entities

People

  • Anne K. Chipman
  • Colleen Kalynych
  • Elizabeth D. Rosenman
  • Elizabeth H. Lazzara
  • Joseph R. Keebler
  • Marie C. Vrablik
  • Rosemarie Fernandez
  • Sarah Brolliar

Organizations

  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
  • Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • University of Florida
  • University of Washington

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.